The Washington times., 1914-06-17
Yale Has Better Athletes in
Shell Than Ever Before and
Primed for Four Miles.

NEW LONDON. Conn. June 17-Not
since 1907 has Yale vanquished Har.
ward in the varsity boat race. but wher
these two ancient rivals meet again or
Friday the Blue is confident that II;
long string of disastrous defeats viii
be snapped off short Yale men point
to the record-breaking trial OF thell
crew a week ago as sufficient evidence
of the ability OF the eight that will fight
It out with the Crimson on the Thames
1t Is disputed by no one that the Yale
crew that meets Harvard this year Is
one of the finest combinations that New
Haven has ever produced. Despite q
bad beating at the hands Of Cornell and
Princeton IN q two-mile race on Lake
Cayuga three weeks ago. Yale has
gained in confidence because 1t feels
that its crew is a four-mile one and
that a two-mile test is indicative OF
nothing outside of ability to sprint-
As a year ago, the Yale eight this
year is rigged in an English boat. will
pull with English oars, and has been
Coached by Guy Nickalls. perhaps the
greatest Of all English rowing coac9cs.
and. indeed, one of the finest oarsmen
that Engand has ever produced.
Ntckalls has made a few departures
from the ultra-English system that
AyeriIl Hartman, with the assistance
Coaches. tried to Introduce last year.
The men do not swing quite as far
hack at the end Of the stroke. but they
reach, out for the catch much the same
as they did year ago.
Tbere is little to be said about Har-
ward that has not been said year In
and wear out since 1907. The Crimson
eighf Is made up of big men who row
with the same hurried stroke that
they have always used. Ihey 40 n1t
men and they get jump on the catch.
n is this stroke that Jim "ray.
Hsrysrd's Australian coach. has
taught the Crimson since ne LOOK
charge in 1905. and only once since then
Ia Vale won. That was in 1906.
Wien Glass. bow oar in the Harvard
hell was taken down with water on
The knee on the eve of the reealta
Wray has only three Teterais OF
tho 1913 crew IN the smell nf ia 81 Guv vesrs u3s
vcterans have been we'll filled, and the
caIm confidence of this Crimson loi-
Lowers shows that Harvard uoes not
fear Yale's record breaking perform
ances in practice- III, ,o,, tho r,c.
as II has rowed its last hslf dozen
races on the Thames. IT. VIII seI INC
nace from the start. and VIII make II
SO hot that Yale will eltnsL nave ~
crack or row the CrlitSOh
Harvard's record in Its prenIninary
races is not much better than 6 1ai6 g. 80
far as victoies won can DC counS%G, ri,s,Sr, Su,
on a line through CornelI the - ,r.S..
seems to have a vastly supeIlon 'ie", =,
Cornell had Yale almost & hull down dsfaat IN a
two-mile row on Lake CayugiinE; iiEe oe seTrG
ing tho Blue by something nkv ,, -,.J
lengths, Four days later Cornell roWed
Harvard on the Charles river Dasih anu
won by about two lengths IA ,,-,,,
ila'aro anu iae nc hIstory OF their
crews and the Crimson has been vi, vic
torious in twenty-four. Snouiu iai1 1
win this year the score wouiI pe an
even. and a new start couid pe HIaue
again next year. Harvard mas Mon
seven of the last eight races put there Es
were long years of Yale trlunlpii al
Yale triumph before Wrays au'en' III
Cambridge. ....
From 1885 TO 13os. when Wray nrst
Harvard crew won. the Crimson oeieat-