Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-20
Crimson Crews Win Both Pre-
Iiminary Races in An
nuaI Regatta.
BUT FOUR SECONDS APART
IN FRESHMAN CONTEST
Fours Show Wider Margin, Beating
the Yale 0arsmen by About
Thirteen Seconds.

REGATTA COURSE. NEW LONDON,
Conn. June 2O.-Rowing true to form
and the confidence placed in them by
students and alumni, Harvard crews
won both preliminary races in the an
nual regatta with Yale here this morn
ing. The disagreeable weather condi-
tions appeared to have no effect upon
the crimson oarsmen. for in both var
sity four-oared and freshman eight
races they led their Eli rivals from
start to finish.
1t rained steadily during the entire
forenoon, but the Thames was almost
without a ripple.
The four-oared race was little more
than procession. Harvard took the lead
at $40 when the referees pistol sent the
crews away. and steadily increased it,
AT the finish of the two miles five lengths
separated vtctors and vanquished. The
off1cial finishing times of the two fours
indicate the difference in speed for Har-
ward crossed the line in II minutes -
seconds. while Yale was over in 12 min
utes II seconds.
First-Year Crews Have Real Race.
The struggle for honors between the
first year crews was, however, a real
race. Although the crimson Won. the
showing of the Eli youngsters was ex-
cellent. Both eights caught thetwater at
the bridge at 1892 and raced up river
toward the two-mile mark at thirty
eight strokes to the minute.
In the opening dash Harvard showed
little more finish and drive in its
stroke. and gradually nOsed into the lead,
until at the first half-mile mark the
Cambridge crew led by nalf length
rowing - strokes to the minute agains,
Yale's 81.
Passing through the long lane of yachts
to the mile mark, both eights rowed
steadily, Harvard dropping to a SO mark.
| but had increased her advantage to full
length at the mile.
Reduce the Crimson Lead.
| Here the Blue youngsters started z
| squirt that set the Yale clan shouting
Jumping the stroke to SO and then I'd 3S
| they gradually cut down the Crimson
| lead to a scant half length at the mill
and a half mark. Still rowing smoothly
the New Haven combination worked tn
stroke up to 10. and it began to appea
! as though Yale would nip their rivals be
| fore the finish was reached.
| But Harvard's freshman eight had pow
| er in reserve, and also raised Its stroh'
! until both crews were racing at ~
| stroke clip 4 quarter of mile from
| the nnish the pace proved too much fol
| the Ellis. who, te the' hlgh stroke
drifted back until a scant length sepa-
rated the two shells as they passed De-
| tween the finish flags
Both crews finished the hard race with
| out signs of excessive physical exhaus.
ton and held perfect stroke form until
| the end So far as could be judged from
| the average spectators point of view
called Wray stroke and the English
! stroke rowed by the Yale freshmen. The
Yale crew used the English method OF
seating and hOlepin OarlockS. in place
of the swivel outrigger of the Harvard
shell.
No Advantage in Shell Rigging.
There was nothing to indicate an ad-
vantage one way or the other in these
differing forms of shell rigging and the
crews appeared to win and lose on ply 81
cal form and rowing technique as in
past years
The closeneSs OF the race was shown
nv the fact that but seconds separated
winner and loser. Harvard finished the
two miles In 1O41, as against Yales time
of 1O.45
Oarsmen Will Inherit Millions.
In the neighborhood Of $45OOO.O 900 will
be inherited by the eight men who will
row in Harvards varsity boat against
the Yale crew here today. Their sep
arate fortunes range all the way from
81 900 OuO to $25,O0O,OoO. In the list are
representatives of the Morgan, Meyer
Murray and Chanler families of New
York, the Trumbull and Harwood fam
lilies of Boston. and the Mills family Of
Portland. Ore.
The Yale octet, as a body, are not so
ue.ltbv but are coached by Averell Har-
rirnan one of the heirs of $7O,OOO,OO0.