New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-20
crimson Varsity the Favorite
for Struggle Over Four
Miles on Thames.
s1YLES OF ROWING DIFFER
cambridge 0arsmen Carry Off
Scrub Races and Accept
These Victories as a
Good Omen.

Tham6S NH4NH WINS 80" ""' WV" w
ocean past this quaint seaport town.
once more dressed in gala attire for
-. annual Yale-Harvard boat races
18th are TO be rowed here tomorrow,
9TH the freshman and varsity fours
.,sspg It out in the morning and the
.-,,.itv Fights at $3.50 o'clock in ,he after
noon. ,,-,..
,.r.rsnt STYLES of rowing, the pure UNI
e,r,,e-ated English system matched side
- side with the Interpretation OF Eng
- r,Ving that has been evolved in
,rosrica by two generations Of oarsmen.
Tbs Harvard varsity eight. which is the
,.,o-its AZ 3 % will use an English
so.t but everything else about the crew
,.u h. as American as the conservative
,.rdsrcies Of New England can make
IN, Yale. on the other hand. will row
- English boat with English oars and
-, English methods which two Of the
-, famous coaches oxford has ever
..,3rced. Al!ster Kirby and Harcourt
~. have been drilling into the men for
10 last six weeks.
v,,.orv for Harvard will not necessarily
Ian yindlcation OF American rowing
-.,sods however. because such a decis-
IL coming after only one test would not
:. ,ustifed. but IL victory goes 10 Yale
\. Blue will have gone a long way in
moving that at last it is on the right
track.
lis six wears since Yale has Won the
varsity race and Of the last seven races
h Crimson has triumphed six times.
IN the annual scrub races between the
substitute crews Of the rival camps Har-
rsr5 showed its superiority to-day by
rnning both with the greatest ease. The
sse that the Crimson drew first blood ap-
rsrsntly has not shaken the confidence Of
ne Yale coaches for the real struggles
tomorrow.
Weather conditions were Of the worst
imaginable when the two freshmen four
cared boats went over 10 the starting line
Tie sky was massed with heavy clouds
md rain fell ftfully as squalls Of cold
sind blew in from the Sound.
Under such conditions good rowing was
90, Of the question and the race was
SIMPLY pulling match from the start
nth the youths In the Harvard boat hav-
,y the better Of il and rowing the mile
1850. The Yale crew was three lengths
shind. in j:42
TIE rare for varsity substitutes was
pEed IN water even worse than that Of
as earlier race The Harvard shell
-mped into the lead at the start, and IN
ne first half mile had opened up a gap
o. three lengths. which was increased 70
II at the finish. The times Of the respec-
I've crews were :25 and 5:43.
Despite the unpromising weather condi-
4 IONS. New London was more crowded
h-night than II has been in many years
he fact that the Yale crew is conceded
% have more than A fighting chance IS
osHeyed to be responsible for the changed
additions Although Yale men are not
NeranXious 10 make any wagers on their
varsity crew. nevertheless they appear TO
lave more confidence than in any year
anes 1907. when the Blue won its last
ace on the Thames.
Harvard scored a clean sweep in the
hes Tor positions. which was held at the
names Club this noon. when Valentine
l2ppell. chairman OF the regatta com
Hiiee gave a luncheon to the captains
I'D officers Of the revenue boats that
VII patrol the course.
William H. Meikleham. Of Columbia,
y" viii referee the races for the seven
Venh time tomorrow. and Albert w.
Ts'nan, also Of Columbia, the assistant
EsFee. were guests.
70 the toss for the positions in the
'rSiy race, Harvard called the coin
"a chose the west course. the one
1Aest away from the navy yard turn
sa is reacherous bed OF eel grass. The
Nnson also called the turn in the fresh
"a and four-oared races, and In each
AZ selected the west course.
me race for varsity fours will be first
4 Im NE Programme. and will be started at
~ the morning. The starting line
~ oe at the railroad bridge. and the
~" viii row upstream 10 the two-mile
-.ss z, the navy yard
.De freshman race will start from the
i way bridge as soon after the finish OF
"ars as possible, and row upstream
n '~ varsity boats will be called TO the
d 80 O'clock IN the afternoon, the
-1st NE Yale-Harvard crews have ever
u 'ea their annual race. The start will
u me top Of the course. Just across
names from Red Top. and the course
a., over the fun four miles, with the
"a a. the railroad bridge.
.'so II be necessary 10 postpone the
because Of rough water II will be
n yer until o'clock. when 1t will be
upstream. In case Of a further
L y'aement the race will not be rowed
Il - saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
~ was only the lightest kind OF
"r the crews to-day. Mr.. Meikle-
M we referee spent an hour with
~. "s giving them the final instruc-
no drilling them in racing starts.
Il, evening the scrub races delayed
~ spin a bit. and It was not until
- that either crew got on the
20. ana then they padded for not
Nh sh half a mile. AMI finished on
couple Of racing starts.
R,,,.. iorty-six races that Yale and
s,,s nave rowed each has wor
~ "fee' so that to-morrows contest
ass., starting the slate clean. The
a IA. sulns Of consecutive victories was
Ia rae with victories in 1900. 1901
#Mt.,s Sa and 1906. The Yale crew OF
be ~, me record for the course. th'
r. - MIN BACK THEIR CREW