Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-20
FIRST TWO RACES
co TO HARVARD
Both FOur-0ared and Freshman
Events Are Easily Taken
by Crimson Crews.
VARSITY BOAT MAY REPEAT

NEW LONDON. Conn. June TO-
Harvard Won an easy victory over
Yale today IN the varsity faur-oared 5
tRo-miie race, The erimson-blaaed
crew crossing the finish line i've
lengths ahead Of the Yale oarsmen.
The contest was rowed in a nasty
rain, and the rippled surface of the
Thames caused slow time. The m
official time Of the winner was Il
minutes and SO seconds
Yale. caught the water first. but tho
Harvard crew soon put the nose OF
their shell 10 the fore The strong.
even stroke Of the Harvard men
steadily opened up a gap between the
TWO shells, so that at the mile mark
/ Yale was two lengths behind This
lead was increased TO three lengths at
the mile and quarters Har-
verd flashed over the finish line I'VE
lengths ahead. The Yale crew was in
bad shape at the end of the contest,
No. 2 almost colIapsing.
Harvard was also victor in the
freshmen eight race BY one and one
half lengths. She led at the mile
mark by the same margin by
which she finished The race was
started at 10.32 o'clock, Harvard
taking the lead at the start. The
water was smooth but it was rain
ing hard.
Gray sky and drilling rain greeted
both oarsmen and spectators when
first race. There was not a puff Of
breeze in sight, and the upper and
lower reaches of the Thames were as
fiat as the proverbial mill pond. But
for the light rain it would have been
perfect day for the annual aquatic
test of stroke and stamina. Several
times the sun attempted to break
through the clouds, but without sue
cess. Old rivermen predicted
steady. light rain until a breezs
sprang up and swept the skyline
clear.
While it was not thought that the
rain would seriously handicap the
efforts of the oarsmen. it did have q
depressing effect on the gathering
thousands of spectators. As special
after special train rolled into the
railroad station and discharged a
constantly increasing throng express
sions not complimentary TO the local
weather man were frequent. The
spectators chung close TO the depots
and hotels until the starting hour
of the first race and then sought the
shelter of the covered observation
l'trains to await the decision of the
regatta referee regarding the posi-
biIity of p. m. being the time set
After the showing made by tsse
substitute fours in the formal pre-
liminary races yesterday Harvard
enthusiasts were claiming another
lclean sweep of the Thames. and the
Yale undergraduates and alumni were
wondering If such was to be the case.
Certainly the work Of the Eli subsfi-
flutes bore no encouragement for the
Blue cohorts. and any tendency 70
back the New Haven crews was
checked with complete thoroughness.
It was conceded that the Yale
| stroke situation was at best an exr
pertinent and to wager under such
conditions was .unwarranted. Tho
Yale squad pooled $500 against like
sum from Red Top. but in the usual
betting quarters there was hardly a
dollar of Yale backing TO be found
and Harvard's following gave up the
attempt to find money
| It was generally stated by Yale adj
herents that the eleventh hour shift
of Denegre for Gore at bow in the
| Yale varsity eight had entirely upset
previous calculations. Denegres
| heavier and less experienced oars
man than his predecessor. it was pre-
| dicted, might be expected 10 upset
the delicate balancing of the Shell
under the English system of seating.
What the crew would do with the
new stroke under stress of a race was
also a much discussed point.
| Harvard's sons, on the other hand.
were confident that the Wray stroke,
! coupled with the lucky fortune that
! had followed the Crimson during the
! past few days, would continue to the
end. When the crews tossed for po-
sitions yesterday Harvard won first
| choice in each event and selected the
west course for all three races.
To complete the day the Harvard
freshman four and the second var
sity four each succeeded in defeat-
/ Ae-t1%A-
ion. In fact the rowing Of the Eli
| substitute crews was a most disap-
pointing exhibition regardless of the
| time or the distance Of the defeat.
At no time did the Yale fours appear
like winners and were apparently
| lacking in both form and endurance.
The Harvard freshman quartet won
the first mile race by three lengths.
easing up in five minutes and thirty
seconds, while the Blue crew finished
twelve seconds later in a badly
shaken condition. When the varsity
| seconds met the result was an even
more impressive Harvard victory.
Jumping into the lead at the very
start the Crimson four led easily for
the full mile winning by five lengths
in minutes p seconds. while Yale's
four crossed the line in 5 minutes
and AZ seconds.