The evening world., 1913-06-19

~. Especial to Ths Evening wosid.)
NEW LONDON, June 1.-the an.
nual regatta with Harvard ON the
Thames tomorrow finds Yale In .
desperate state. Misfortunes and the
task Of learning . brand-new sys-
TEN in q limited time have so les
sened the hopes Of a Yale victory
that Coaches Gold and Kirby. the
Englishmen now In charge at Gales
Ferry, frankly told the New Haven
oarsmen that their one chance Of
beating the Crimson was their abil-
III to hit up q high stroke and keep
4 going for the full distance. 4
To carry this out the greatest
strain will fall on Croker. the light
est man in the boat. The little 1b4.
p1nnd stroke gamely announced bis
Intentions Of doing better than q sc
stroke or dropping to the bottom Of
the she'll. Crocker's boat mates
also intend to row or drop to pre-
vent Harvard from adding another
to an already long string OF VIC
tories.
Willie Yale is ready 10 fisht II ont
10 the fin .sh line. there's no mistakins
thu fact that Harvard 10 the logical
fayorlte for all three races tomorrow.
Coach Jim wray admits his varsity
four and eight are not the equals OF
last years, but neither are Yale's. In
his opinion. The Crimson freshmen
e,sht in the strongest ever sent down
from Cambridge. and Wray doesn't
think the Blue eight has much OF .
chance AGAINST It. The Harvard shell
has done the two-miie course In sm. 49,
breaking all records on the Thames.
VALE HAS BEEN TRYING TO
MASTER ENGLISH STROKE.
va,e.. plight. narrows down, to the
Ia of mastering the English stroke 70
= fav weeks. when the British oarsmeh
dsvote their entire lives to It. 1t mas
msant days of hard toll for the New
HHyen Youngsters TO progress a. iaf
q thew have with the difiicult foreign
.v.tsm. The English stroke ID very
ample whom done properly. JUST io,c
yourself up like . Jack knfe; snov. ou'
.vour arms like piston rods ABOUT thi,y,
az times every minute for Tour m"cs
b careful Of your leg motion; CON To-
ant Of position and don't throw tne
ctSsrs out Of gear. and you have the
,uou. English stroke. But It's some
- eor beginners to learn. That ism
al Perfect physical condition 10 I'm.
fn@rneye, for 4 rowing rscs V . ssSe'<
~ OF endurAnoe." . -.
Sts Yaie squad was ordered to ualei
.xSsrv On May n to start tram,hh. .us'
asine, this 10 what those younssts.
v6SSS 10 % every day to pull an 81
sA1aibst Harvard; Up et IU sv ~
S,ssffast. running the last quarter o.
,hs ~ay. A big breakfast without Mill
cc.vater and then a rest until 10 O'CLOCK
Tnsn sm hours practice on the water.
80 that period OF pr zee ID reahy
sea . DAYS work. A down ana
sSSsrty midday meal. consisting o,
sSiSnty ~ meat. Every one TO ned ..
.Sdock an four. q period for stuoy. any
Than tea and toast Toward eVe"".
tnother practice 10 called: In LOT or
INIT supper. to be foho~ea W
wSlG before retiring AZ s'" -. o-x
he grub's the best part OF the work
rsa oarsmen are pampered and cateree
~. for their strength must be KEPT up
;6Seesionslly champague given a''o!
d kArd spin.
TnE REAL WORK TAKES PLACE
,sl ON THE WATER.
s&ita on the water that the real oun
$50. takes Mace. The Thames yester
.E,y morning was as piacid as the iaS'
ny r.entrai PARK, and all hands were or
$3.50 IN the boats Each oarsman. sun
Aarn,d to a healthy brown anc VIII
Sndue 70 much clothing on. quickly foun'
NJ niace IN the shells and the river wa
y1oon alive with the Yale navy.
Z, WGo or three coaches Followed eacf
xsNeii in a motor boat. Those coache'
esn' certainly yeil They all use mega
phones and their barking command'
.rouA be heard a mile down stream
Coach Atkinson took charge OF tn
Srssh1uan eight. He started the youns
stsrs pract.sng flying getaways. Ate
0rfnr' the starting pistol the coac'
would give chase. believing ORDERS q
No. ! TO watch his legs or NO 10 pui
higher. Try his hardest, Atkinson coul.
not eradicate q fault common Win al
Yale crews. OF a rocking boat unused
10 their new stroke the Blue oarsme'
repeatedly throw a wash by tipping tn
shell and this will prove costly u tn
water u rough on race day.
The English coaches In the Elihu Yal
followed the varsity eight down to tn
Harvard quarters trying to develop
smooth stroke. Denegre, substituted
for Gore In the bow. experienced trouble
hlttina UP . CAST pace. and Philbin
sthrsss ysars n Tale boat and forcet
- 1oayn - many 66ereut strokes