New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-20
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Prcm.sa Of Keen Struggle in
T2Io-HarvaTd Crew Race.
DUE o. LONG STANDING
Victory fo~ the Crimson This
Wear VIII Make Series
NJ SQUARE.

Everything points to q bitter. hsr1-fought
struggle between the 'rars.tT crews OF
Yale and Harvard !u ,hcIr yearly eight
cared shell race at New London. Conn,
tomorrow. Harvard continued to be q de-
cdcd favorl.c. yesterday, not only because
Of tho form and speed shown BY the eight
I'm recent trials but because Of tho fact
that Jim" Wray. the coach. has boat
fulI of veterans who know what it means
10 heat Yale. and because he has been
working along and developing tho oars
men under settled system.
Radical changes have been made at New
Haven since year ago. After four lean
scasong John kennedy. the professional
coach was dropped I'm favor Of Jim Rod
gcr- and Bob cook" vino, under tho am.
ateur system have undertaken 10 teach
tho candidates new stroke, patterned
after the one which has been successful
I'm England The results iu this tn" first
season are problcmatical but Val" mon
have been encouraged Iy th" power and
speed DEVELOPED in IN" shell and come at
least are expecting victory. although the
loss optimistic. Will" counting on p good
showing are looking forward 10 next year
for tho return 81 Vale rowing supremocy,
At Least over Harvard. lt :. fclt hr many
that ii ie asking .r1 much 80 Rodgers and
I cook TO Turn out winning ere" a ou.
year under tho changed condition
/ The aquatic Gucls between Harvard ard
Yale. which began ON Lake WimrisaogC"
sixty years ago. and which were continued
IT Worcester. New Haven. Springfield and
finally on the Thames at New London. an
teddtr all other intercollegiate meetings.
! There have been many Interruptions since
that first struggle in tho heavy working
! boats so that tho regatta this year IS
| the fortv-siXth meeting Of the two oldest
American universities in what many of
/ th" graduates regard as the American
sporting classic
The Interruptions came during Tho war
IN the early 70s and I'm 1896 and l,s7
! Tho racing began with twO-mllo con-
| tests. but tho course was gradually length
eHed, and since 1875 II has been four miles
! There have been several attempts 70 brin-
u back TO three milo. especially after hard
/ contests when some o. the young oarsn1ou
have collapsed under the strain. but so FAR
the effort has met with Htrle encourage.
mcnt
! Vale Is credited with having won twenty
tire" ~ the races and Harvard with TWEEN
| ty-'wo. go that q Crimson victory this wear
would Tie tho long series
The fastest time ever made on tho
/ Thames was by the Yale crew o. r,;. y.ricb
/ covered the four miles IN - minutes ~ sec
! onds The fastest Harvard crew was that
OF lN7h, which rowed the four miles m N
/ minutes i44 seconds Tho glowcst time bv
/ n winning crew was that ~ Harvard m
No. which padded over the course against
q head wind in = minutes l5l7 seconds The
siowest time b. a losing crew was when
! tho Yale strok" collapsed four Years ago.
but recovered IN time to help tho hell over
/ tho line IN q minutes g seconds As Har-
ward Won this race by minutes and g. Soc
! onds. Il was estimated that the difference
! between the two was Y boat lengths. the
/ longest lead over attained by winning
J crow
Harvard had great success iu the carry
racing, and NJ TO 1856 the Crimson Won mr.
: teen races 10 seven for tho Blue Then
there came Yale rally, and I'm tho next
nineteen contests Yale won sixteen 10 three
/ for Harvard The Blue streak became so
| Pronounced from l@ro 10 la06 that tho Grim
! son failed 10 score a single victory But
since 1903 It has been nothing but Harvard
on tho Thames. there being decided slump
| in rowing ~ Yale.
! In connection With the varsity race. the
! freshman crews ~ tho two universities
/ have been meeting frequently In eight
cared contests. and since 1899 those varsity
/ substitutes who failed TO get places IN the
/ big boat have contested In four-oared shells
I In these freshman races Harvard has won
eight TO four for Yale. while in the substI-
/ tute fours Harvard has captured min. 70
four for Vale There WAS no freshman race
in 1897, while that OF 1902 was a dead heat
! Each year sees increasing interest IN
/ these contests The observation trains
/ which accompany the crews ON both sides
Of the river are filled with cheering and
F naG-wsHng colleglane. while M the dnlsh
/ great fleets OF yachts and steamboats, add
20 the din which welcomes the Two needle
/ like shells as they fash down tho long
| lane Of river craft
/ Hughle Jennings, manage ~ tho Detroit
! Tigers declares that the Athletics will not
| repeat this year and that the Boston Red
( Sox appear 20 have the best chance at pres
ent. He IS quoted as saying
The Washington Senators have not only
/ swept mo of my feet In the way they
/ cleaned mp my boys on their recent visit to
/ T,atroit hut have forcod ma 10 q, Ami, ,b.,. .
/ II they continue even a. one-half the gait
| they displayed against us they have Tie
! penuant as good ~ won. But on the other
J hand. the team J figure win most likely
cop the pennant this season il Boston I
/ never saw an outheld play better I'm my
| lfo than Hooper. Speaker and Lewis
! Understand. base my calculations
/ mostly on the games have seen the Ath-
| letics play against my team There is some.
thing Of the dash and great PLAYING OF the
last two seasons missing.
II really think that the Athletics while
| not out Of Il, will wind up I'm third or
! fourth place. with q possibility Of their
| squeezing in ahead Of Detroit or Washing
ton. But ! don't admit for a minute that
my chances for the pennant are gone Not
| by a long shot The Athletics. though. will
hardly repeat"
| Word comes from Philadelphia that Will
! lam j. Lysohon, the clever wrestler In the
| 1885 and AS pound classes, will sail for
Stockholm Sweden, on Saturday TO repre-
sent this country I'm the Olympic games
Enough money has been raised to pay his
expenses by his friends I'm that city. He is
twenty-four years old and Is confident that
| .b.oy GWadieb ,.l