New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-19
First Blood for Yale
in Battle of Oars

length IN 23i's as against Harvard's
2:SSi9.
BY rights the Yale eight should have
conceded a handicap to the Crimson grad
yates for they were younger by several
years.
The Yale shell was made up largely OF
last years varsity. with c. Elwell, bow;
c. +. Snowdon No .: f. Stephenson, No.
3; \. NJ. Bugbee. No. 4; c. +. Allen, No.
3; \. \. Lowe, No. G; II. Livingston, 10.
Z; +. Livingston. stroke, and ]. \. Copp.
CoNswain.
The Harvard varsity boat was mucn
more aged combination OF former stars
with r. Whitney II, bow; II. Foster. H.
No. .; George +. Meyer, 10, No. 5; 5. W.
Fish 'oS. No. (; c. b. Wood, 49, No o.
Alexander Strong, y. No. c; George Met
calf, u, No. Z. and Elliott Cutler, o.
stroke. Sargent, coxswain Of the 'varsi-
ty eight. steered the graduates.
The first race Of the day will be the
junior varsity contest. which will be
rowed downstream over two miles or the
course; from Bartlett's Point 20 the navy
yard. The race is scheduled TO begin AT
1910 o'clock, and as soon as it IS hnlshed
the freshmen Fights will line up at the
navy yard and race over the two lower
miles Of the course to the railroad bridge
The varsity Fights will row upstream;
the start being made at the rallrodu
bridge at $50 o'clock, with the hhlsh at
Bartletts Point. .,,
This ARRANGEMENT OF the course VIII
make il impossible for the vast array q
Yachts 10 be along the lanes near the
finish line. because there is no depth OF
water at the point, ard the west course
for more than a mile at the upper end OF
the four-mile stretch is close TO the west
shore Of the river.
The weather man has predicted clear
weather for tomorrow, but If the day IS
stormy the races viii be rowed on sat
Urday at the same time as scheduled lor
tomorrow.
one Of the peculiar features Of the var
sity race is the fact that Captain Thomas
r. Denegre, OF Yale, will not have seat
in his eight. Denegre was tried out in the
preliminary season, but Nickalls found
him wanting and relegated to No. in
I the junior varsity.
Denegre ana captain MY liOIue' VI 100
ward. met at noon and tossed for posi-
tions. The Blue captain was the winner
in two of the three losses and had the
choice Of courses in the varsity and
/ freshman races. In each he took the west
course, while Captain Reynolds selected
the same course for the junior varsity.
+ The New London or west shore is shell
tered from southwest winds, and II the
river is at all rough the Yale crew will
have the advantage in the varsity and
freshn an contests.
Betting on the races is desultory. one
enthusiastic Harvard alumnus said he had
s1O0O which he would lay against $3'"o
that Harvard would sweep the river NJ
midnight he had no takers, for Yale men
feel that the odds should be reversed
Harvard is a TO / favorite in the var
sity race. but few wages have been made
/ The Crimson also is favored in the fresn-
man and junior races.
/ The fact that the Yale crew roWeu
time trial in 10 minutes 81 seconds. break
ing the course record of 20 minutes 10 sec
onds. made by the Yale eight OF 1885, Is
accented by many as al indication that
the Harvard men will have their hands
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