Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-20
VARSITY REGATTA
ON THAMES TODAY
CREWS OF YALE AND HARVARD
10 COMPETE On FAMOUS
WATER COURSE.

BY Associated Press
NEW LONDON. Conn. June -
The crews OF both Yale aud Harvard
Universities are, figuratively speak
Ing, resting on their oars tonight for
tomorrow the rival Fights and tours
meet in the forty-seyenth regatta
OF the two New England colleges. Ia
point OF competition these crew races
hold precedence oyar all other forms
Of dual sports In which the teams
of Harvard and Yale are accustOm-
ed to match skill anu endurance.
stretching back to the autumn OF
1892 the history of the inter-yarsity
races show that with but few eN-
captions. during the infancy OF the
sport the oarsmen have tested stroke
and stamina each year.
In point of antiquity. tradition
and prominence these regattas yield
tO no college contest In American
sporting annals Anteceding the
football baseball aud track meets,
nov a part OF the annual athletic
curriculum. the boat races are In
fact only over Swallowed by the his
toric series between the crews of
oxford aud Cambridge which began
IN lSil Added interest is also Civ
en- the REGATTA of tomorrow because
OF the fact that the winning crew
viii break the tie of victories now eX-
isting as result OF the forty-siX
races that have already become a
part of the boating history of Iiar-
ward and Yale,
Since the first race was rowed on
Lake Winnipiseogee on August a.,
1852, the oarsmen of Yale and Han
ward have matched speed ami
strength forty-six times. and the to-
tai number of wins for each uniyer-
sity Is twenty-three, showing how
evenly matched the two universities
have proved during thois period OF
sixty one years. Victories. how
ever have not been so evenly appor-
toned in the matter of years for
both Harvard aud Yale have won
and lost races In groups of three OF
more as rule.
Harvard, opening with n victory
In the initial contest, appeared to
enjoy the experience, for during the
first twenty-throc races Harvard won
fifteen to Yale's eight The Ellis
turned the tide in 1856. and from
that year until 1905 the regatta on
the Thames. so far as the varsity
eight cared crews were concerned.
saw the blue-tippcd oars finish first
IN every year except 1891. 1893 and
1906. Then the pendulum swung 70
the Crimson again and for the past
five years Harvard has led the way
across the finish line
As result of this string OF de-
ieats Yale rowing authorities decid-
was determined 10 go back 10 Eng
land for stroke and coaches and be
gin an over again. Coaseq Jently on
the eve Of the regatta Yale Is found
with an English shell. an English
stroke. and two advisory English
coaches ia the persons of j. X. Kirby
aud liarcourt Gold. both well-known
oxford University oarsmen The
Eli undergraduates and alumni are
hoping that the change In system
will develop a winner tomorrow for
the Blue But above victory they
place faith in the methods now in
vogue. and believe that by going
back 20 the fountain head 81 rowing
a successful coaching system viii be
evolved IN the near future, II not In
1913.
ID will be- seen therefore. that the
two university crews came To New
London this year aftertraining sea
sons Of radically different character
Jim Wray. the Crimson coach, who
has turned ont five winning crews.
I" mains lN fNhl 81 ~ Ahf AAhl NNlA
boat. but the varsity eight has still
40 win its first race this year. hay-
rc been defeated by both Princeton
and Cornell over short courses last
month Yale has not been tested 10
an intercollegiate contest this sea-
son The rowing activities at New
Haven have been devoted chiefly to
lcarning the so-oalled ENGLISH stroke
whether the resultant greater back
ward swing and long recover In The
VA. she'll will bring 10 tho Hluc Jer
first victory in six years has been a
subject FOR animated discussional.
Since the seasons training began
thor. have been many shifts In both
crews Although the changes in the
Crimron's boat we're the more num-
erous and radical Harvard will have
more veteran oarsmen than Yale IN
tomorrow contest.
Because of the slurgish tide. the
Thames course Is SLOW - compared
uf,b a.. intercollegiate course az