Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-31


 l cheers by 500 students for nearly ev- i cry man from Capt. Radcliffe Romeyn 1 to Bob Cook and Coach Jim Rodgers, | the university crew left New Haven station at 3 o'clock Wednesday after noon for New London and Gales Fer
 ". Examinations will naturally oc- cupy the attention of the men more or l less during the coming week, but after
 that their time will be free for per fecting their oarsmanship for the race
 of Friday, June 21. The mass meeting at the station was an enthusiastic gathering and showed the interest the undergraduate body has in this years races, which are certain to show change in the present rowing situa- tion between Harvard and Yale. liar ward has led the way to the finish line on the Thames for four successive 1 years, The News summarizes 1.-the longest string of defeats which Yale crews have ever suffered on the New LGndon course. To break into this uninterrupted line of Crimson tri- umphs under new stroke, and coaching regime which have had but nine months in which to be perfected, is what the college will be looking for from the crew. We wish heartily to see Yale's supremacy on the water regained, but under the circumstances our demand cannot be immediately pressing, whether or not the new sys- tenn brings about a victory next month we know that the coaching reform will very soon be productive of crews which will be able to cope success fully with Harvard's efficient ma chimes. In any event, we are expect
 ing a race and not a procession. In the American Henley at PhiIadel- phia, Saturday, the new stroke showed up well, but the second university crew finished in fifth place because the stroke was raised to 40 almost the whole race and consequently the men were unable to get the needed sprint at the finish, which would have been possible had the stroke been down to 3G.
 Harvard won the meet, with Colum- bia second, Princeton third. Pennsyl- vania fourth, and Yale fifth, but there was hardly more than 50 feet of water between first and last
 Official ballots for alumni fellow on the Yale corporation are being issued this week from the office of the uni versity secretary. As a result of the nomination ballots. Clifford Pinchot 'S9 and President William H. Taft '7S were nominated. but as the former candidate has withdrawn his name, Mir. Taft will succeed himself as alumni fellow.
 Vale athletes are interested in the selections for the American Olympic team to be selected on June 10, at the Waldorf-Astoria. New York. Score
 tary James F. Sullivan believes that not only will this years team be a
 victorious one but that members of it will break worlds records He 1 locks for 25 feet in the broad jump, 150 feet in the discus. and Is feet in the pole vault.
 As Wagner, Yale 1913, has done 12 | feet 9 1-2 inches, during the past few weeks he is a likely candidate for the
 team while Captain Gardner, in the same event, is a possibility. Galla- sher, the distance runner Is another
 strong competitor for a place on the team And then, besides a string of other athletes who may be taken there
 Is campus policeman Jim Donnelly, | who is being sent as Yale mascot by
 the class of 1912.
 Walter Dray. 1908, in the pole vaudt,
 and G. A. Chisholm 1911S, in the hur- des, are Yale graduates who are l fairly sure of a place on the team | At Cambridge, last year, Chisholm won the 120-yard high hurdles in l Ii 2-5 seconds, and the 220-yard low hurdles in 24 3-5 seconds. Dray, while ! in college, established the record of 12 feet 9 1-2 inches in the pole vault
 just equaled by Wagoner.