Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-24
Speculate ON
COMING RACES
DISCUSSED MERITS Or THE
TWo EIaHTs or BIG
vARsITIEs.
YALE and RARVlRo ElGaTs
Changes Have Been Made Il the
Entire Method Of Training
Oarymen For. Racing.
YALE and aAlVlR0 ElGaIs

New London, Conn.,, June 23.-On
the eve CT the forty-eighth regatta be-
tween the crews Of Harvard and Yale
universities the same uncertainty pre-
walls that has been marked the night
before the annual aquatic contest Oh
the Thames river for the past few
years. Harvard's crews are favored
to win but 1t Is conceded that the
Yale combination composed Of power
full oarsmen contain possibilities that
cannot be disregarded.
crlmson W. Blue.
In fact It is the tried and proven
coaching system Of the Crimson navy
as opposed to the Yale experimental
methods that causes the Cambridge
crews to stand as popular choices to-
night. For the past six years Har.
wards varsity Fights have ~decisiyely
defeated the Blue oarsmen and in
some seasons the varsity four and
freshmen Fights have followed suit,
sweeping the river under the coach
in Of Jim Wray. During this period
of Crimson success the Yale coaching
policy has undergone several changes,
zone Of which have been productive
Of victory. Under the circumstances 1t
Is but natural that Harvard's crews
should be favOrites In the wagering
even though the odds are slight.
Eli Coming Fast.
Veteran oarsmen, however, have not
lost sight OF the fact that tho Ell.
crews; especially the varsity eight,
have been coming fast during the
past three weeks of practice on the
Thames and taat physically there is
little to choose between the rowing
squads Of the two universities. Con
sidering the varsity four mile race
alone 1t is believed that the two Fights
will leave the starting line on virtual
" even terms. After thu first squirt
the sixteen oarsmen will settle down
to a test and demonstration of coach.
ing system and rowing policy.
Vale Can Hold Form.
II the Yale sweep swingers can hold
to the form and methods of rowing
as taught by Guy Nichalls, the fam
Gus Oxford university oarsman and
member of the English Leander crew
without being cutdistanced early in
the race, victory for Yale is far from
an impossibility. Should 1t develop
as was the case last June, that the
Blue crewsmen become dsm0ralised
by Harvard's machine like stroke and
early lead there can be but one out
come to the race. In their anxiety
to increase the power and speed of
the stroke each carsmen will row a.
variance with his crewmates and q
procession will result with Harvard
setting the pace. This was the case
In 1913 and with that experience still
firmly fixed In their minds the Yale
rowing authorities have labored hard
to prevent its repetition.
A Test Of Efficiency. .
Consequently the race is expected
to resolve itself into q test of the eff
cieacy of the coaching systems OF the
two university navies. Wray and
Harvard are SYNONYMOUS whenever
college rowing is discussed, and his
oAuCC uc SA6uSu 41l6 ulISI COls
tract to coach the Crimson crews has
been one Of remarkable SUCCESS. The
same cannot be said Of the Yale sys-
TEN in recent years. Professional
and amateur coaches, both English
and American, have been tried. but
to date the results have not been sat
isfactory. Many close observers Of
the situation have claimed that the
poor showing was due to the lack OF
continuity Of any one system.
Changes Have Been Made.
1t is certain that radical changes
followed the Overwhelming defeat
here last year. H%artcourt Geld and
A. G.. Kirkby, the English coaches of
1913, returned to England and after
many conferences 1t was announced
that Guy Nichalls and C. r. Giannini