Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-30
Crews Broke Even in Opening Races
Yale Fouroared Crew and the Harvard Gentlemen Eight Crossed Line Ahead Harvard Won Toss and Took West Side of Course-Bia Crowd sGathering for the Varsity Event this Afternoon-Statistcs of Oarsmen

oarsmen who appeared to have reached their best development some days ago. is whether Harvard has maintained her best and if that best is superior or inferior to Yale's latest developments.
 Many Yachts on Hand
 The scene for the regatta was par tially set Thursday. The big draw bridge under whose ShelterinG arms the varsity crews will find victory or defeat waiting for them today, swung wide open many times Thursday to admit all sorts of craft including the naval despatch boat Dolphin, four stately revenue cutters. squadron of steam yachts, big fleet of sailing ves- sells and whole coveys of popular power boats. Once aeove the drawbridge, each yacht hustled for an advantage ous position just outside the rowing lanes, and by sunset about every good anchorage for a mile up the river was occupied by a stately fleet which. at colorS today, will blossom into a gaudy marine flower garden
 The Dolphin received Secretary of the Navy Meyer on board Thursday afternoon with t9 guns.
 The river opposite Red Top was an- other lovely and interesting spot in the days picture There the o1d tim CTS gathered to exchange "reminiscences and see the supplementary races be- tween the minor crews and the grad nate eights, which have come to be looked upon as almost a fixture for Harvard and Yale race meet.
 During the afternoon Captain Frost of Yale and Captain Cutler of Har- ward tossed for positions for Thurs day afternoons races, and the three events today. and the Crimson won every time the coin was Tipped.
 Yale Four Won.
 In the prelminaries to the races to- day there was an even break Thurs day night, Yale winning the freshman four and Harvard the gentlemens s eight The freshmen started at the half mile mark, going down stream a mile Yale getting the jump at the start and crossing the line three. lengths ahead of their rival in 5.54. The gen. tlenlen's eight started at the same point and rowed down a half mile, the Grim : son crossing the. finish quarter ofa length a head of the Yale graduates in 2.34 The latter were practically stopped by the swell of passing steamer and would probably have won out but for that> fact
 Both the freshman crews started at a. 40 stroke. Yale getting the better of the start. At the half mile Yale low cred her stroke to c3 and Harvard to 37. Yale-s time at the half mile was 2.4S- For the final squirt both boats raised the stroke again to 40. There was more power behind the Yale stroke and the Blue gained steadily from the start.
 The Yale four boated. Bow. Frey fogle: No 2, Pease; No. 3, Pearse; stroke, Lippincott: coxswain, Covell.
 The Harvard four: Bow Wa.lf1er; No. ?, Wentworth: No. 3. Morgan; stroke. E. D. Curtise; coxswain, ,Roose- welt.
 The gentlemenfs eights boated:
 Yale-Bow, Walker; No 2, Bfag- den; No. g. Auchfncloss. No. f. Gra- ham; No 5. Hartman: No. S. Meyer; No Weeks: stroke, Whitney; coxs- wain Barnum.
 Harvard-Bow, Tappan; No. 2, Vol cett. No. 3. Lawrence No. f. Morgan; No. 5, Derby; No s, Smith; No. ', Ay-