New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-30
YALE CREWS BEGIN WELL
Win Two Races to One for the
Crimson as Curtain Raiser.
REAL TEST COMES TO-DAY
Harvard's Varsity Slight Favor
lite for Yearly Duel on the
Thames River.

"a hOnOrS
today. winning two races to one TOT mar
ward. But the Crimson isn't discouraged,
because II was Harvard that showed
ahead az il has every time since inc raOe
60 instituted in the halfmile dash be-
tween Fights made up Of graduates return
- ing for a few hours TO the scenes OF thei
heroic exertions Of college days 1d'e
scrub four. which beat Harvard's picked up
nuartet four times yesterday IN SNORT
snrints. turned the trick again TINS morn
ing winning by two lengths of open water
IN a half-rnie race.
The freshman four Dared crews fought
rattling race OF mile this afternoon ana
the Yale cubs, going out at the starr. won
by three fan lengths. The Harvard young
STEERS s2lashed along in a fashion that
showed they had had little attention from
Jim Wray. who has been reasonably ousE
with his varsity crews. But II was a an
-ercrt story in the gentlemen's etghts' as
the graduate race is called. Then again
Vale shot out 10 take an early lead' pu'
;bere was more power In the CRIMSON
shell. and il gradually pulled up on ;he
Yal. eight. which had length OF Lead az
the. quarter mile maII Swiftly ma surely
Harvard worked to the front. ana there
was iov at Red Top when the Crimson
crev finished a quarter Of length 10 the
good in , minutes g seconds. The s"e"S
Of a passing steamer proved oiS'inC'
handicap 10 the Yale men
New London is q merry town to-nlght
because the late date puts the race 90 near
July The crowd bids fair 10 he larger
than ever. and IL is almost impossible to-
nigh, 10 find a place to sleep. Those VINO
got rooms are in clover; the others are IN
q auandary But there is good nature
withal
Harvard men are arriving from Boston
fun Of ouiet confidence. There isn't much
betting. because Yale men. despite won
derf,1 Improvement in the Blue crew since
n came here. are not willing 10 risk much
m the eight that was so badly beaten nv
Cornell. PENNSYLVANIA and Princeton. tar-
vsrd men are willing 10 back their TWO
varsity crews. particularly the four SAID
nv those who know TO be capable Of break
ing the course record. but they are not
giving much I'm the way cf odds. and the
most favored quotations are ~ TO
ard n 10 on Harvard TO win Men
in both camps and among the non-paIusaH
SPECTATORS think the big race to-morro"
last wear in which Yale won. That was a
ding-dong struggle all the way, and there
IL good reason to look for another like 1t
tomorrow II is sure that Yale has good
crew4a crew entirely remade since tine
disasters NJ Sprinsneld and Princeton and
one that in form and apparent condition
excels any John Kennedy has tWneo Out
IN three or four years.
orb "a h
ton. but Yale pluck. added 10 Kennedy's
efforts, wrought il, and those VINO sport
the Blue may feel sure that their crew VIII
give a good account of itself Yale crews
not half so good have won many race
here-but that was before Harvard turned
10 jim Nray.
A freshening breeze from the southwest
kicked up the river bit to-day, but II VIII
have 10 he stronger 10 bother the crews
tomorrow Fair weather is predicted. and
by evening. when the varsity crews are
cent away. conditions should be wellnigh
perfect
The harhor is full Of yachts, and their
movements in the river this afternoon had
something TO do with the rather rough
water They kicked up a lot Of disturb
ance. which was credited to the wind by
some.
Billy Meikleham. the referee If the race.
went up 10 the Harvard quarters AT "
a m on the John Harvard. Immediately
the Harvard crews were ordered out. and
the freshman eight was the, first TO he
boated They were followed by the var
sitv. and hardly had the big crew taken
the waters when the four lifted its shell
from the rack and heaveI it overheard.
Nrav. meanwhile. had slipped away from
the freshman float in single SOUL and
awaited the crews in midstream. The
freshman four and the scrub four followed,
making five crews afoat nj once some
thing unusual for the narrow Thames.
Mr. Meikeham took the two oishts and
tried two starts downstream. sending them
off with the word go" instead of his
pistol The two regular tours lined up ana
were sent away by their coxsWains After
the two downstream starts the shells were
pointed the other way, and Wray gave the
Fights the word for two more racing starts,
Mr. Meikleham taking the fours in hand
for two practice starts
After that the Fights took a short paddle
above quarters and returned TO the boat
house under the watChful eve Of Wray the
fours going back in short stretches.
After trying the Harvard crews out Mr..
Nnikleham went Up 10 Gales Ferry, and
the Yale men were ordered out for the
same drill The practice was as limited az
AZ Red TOP. and the whole performance
took little more than fifteen minutes.
This afternoon all the crews were out for
a short paddle, and tomorrow morning
the varsity Fights will be boated for a
few minutes Of lmbering up exercise. The
varsity crews Of both camps will go down
the river in the morning in the coaching
launches and will watch the youngsters In
their two-nile battle and the struggle Of
The fours from the navy yard TO the finish.
which is the starting point Of the varsity
race
CAPTAIN Cutler of Harvard made clean
sweep this afternoon when he met Captain
Frost OF Yale 10 toss for the choice Of po-
sitions. He won every toss and Harvard
viii have the west course for the two
varsity races and the east for the fresh
man contest
The freshman fours and gentlemen's
Fights which raced to-day were boated as
follows:
Yale four-Bow, Freyfogle; No. 2. Pease
No g. Pearse: stroke. Lippincott, and
coxswain, Coval.
Harvard four-Bow. Walker: No. 2.
Wentworth No. 3. Morgan: stroke. r.. y.
Curtiss. and coxswain Roosevelt
Gentlemen's Fights, Yale-Bow, Walker &.
No. 2. Blagden: No 3. Auchincloss; No. 4,
Graham: No. 5. Hartman; no. 6. Meyer;
No. 7. Weeks: stroke. Whitney; coxswain.
Bernum.