New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-19
Blae Wins Two of the Three
Preliminary Races from
Harvard Crews.
CRIMSON THE CHOICE
FOR REAL STRUGGLES
New London Fills Up on Eve OF
Annual Regatta on Thames
River To-day.

Error, A star Correspondent Of The Inoune'l
New London. Conn. June lS.-Nsle re-
.uskenod the echoes OF this romantic old
r.,s,,nr town tonight with three rousing
cheers. which the men from New Haven
cons5eutIy believe presage Yale night
,o.morrow after six lean years.
Two Yale crews triumphed on the
Thames River in the preliminary races
this afternoon, and there is much eNulta-
.;,, IN the Blue camp. The Yale fresh
man four won a sweeping victory over
the Harvard four. more than two boat
,.,e-hs Of omen water separating the
s,srs At the finish, while the Yale gradu-
a;e eisht defeated the Crimson graduates
in half-mile sprint
The only consolation that the CahDI'uee
multitude. which already has hoooeu 'I'o
,cv,p. could get came from victory III Tue
one mile race for scrub fours. Ihere Was
,.,,,o noprishment in this showing for even
-. mos, Ioyal Of Crimson rooters, VINO
&c looking forward however. to the
NARROW with undiminshed confidence
=, consequence Of the Yale victories
,1.ryard stock took decided slump ana
slthoDch the Crimson is still the laV0li'o
.r eu three races the margin over the
rl,,o is not as great as it was SIX SNORT
r,,,rs ago More and more general Is
coming the impression that the Narsl'!
go to-rnorrow will be a struggle winch
will bring back TO mind the gay VIZ
The battles on the Thames were not always
OF Crimson hue. -,.,,io,,
Aside from the preliminary races WHICH
we're held later in the afternoon ana '',e
Gathering of the armada OF pleasure craft
,bat will line the course, the day was one
~ little excitement on the river
An the crews that will take part IN iHe
bi- races tomorrow were out lot siloi
snins in the morning and afternoon bl"E
Aiei<leham, Of Columbia, who mas De'"
,oforee Of the races on the Thames from
a inns when the memory Of the present
,.reration runneth not TO the contrary
r,sde his last visits TO the Yale and Har-
,s,d quarters in the morning lie TOOK
ont three crews varsity, junior NaIslI!
and freshman, at each camp and starteu
each off from an imaginary line. Ihese
starts constituted the oLlk of the morn
ing work. and in the afternoon, after the
su5stitute races the coaches had the
crews out for their final row.
There were no parting instructions, no
coaching Of any kind, for both Jim Wray
and Robert T. Herrick., at Harvard ana
Guv Nickalls and Eugene Giannini, at
vale. were OF the opinion that they had
told tie oarsmen all that they could and
that everything rests now with the men
themselves.
II the Harvard varsity wins tomorrow
II will establish a precedent Tor consecu-
tive victories and thereby make new
tradition at Yales expense. Not since
1871 has Yale triumphed in the varsity
race. and since then the Crimson has
swept across the line in front year after
wear. sometimes by barely a length and
then again by city blocks or more
The six consecutive victories on Har-
wards side OF the ledger are matched by
six Yale trumphs I'm a row, extending
from 1900 through 1905. Thus, there are
more reasons than one why Yale is so
desirous Of checking the growing record
OF is dearest foe.
II the long list Of races that have been
rovcd by these colleges Harvard has
twenty-four victories 10 its credit and
Yale twcnty-three, so that by winning to-
morrow tho Blue can once more get upon
even terms and make a fresh start for
The lead next year.
The freshman four-oared race to-day
was the one which gave Yale the most
encouragement. From the crack OF the
gun the Yale sweeps were alive and the
Yale shell forged TO the front in the first
lew strokes. When the crews settled
down the Blue shell continued to draw
away and throughout the remainder of
i.e mile race the Crimson boat!oad was
badly outrowed lot. Yale's time for the
mile was j:27 while Harvard covered the
distance in 5:3S
The race for graduates was "a repetition
save that the gap between the two shells
vas not quite so big, Yale winning By half