Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-19
RIVAL CREWS AWAIT THE WORD
Crimson and Blue Oarse Trained the Minute for Strus gle On the Ihames-Harvars Experience Yale's Ex- perimenting With New System Under Nickalls and Gi annini

gular regatta against Cornell and Princeton on Cayuga Lake. Itchaca, May 9. Cornell led Princeton by d length at the finish while the Tiger ahead of the Blue in a two-mile race. Friction followed among the Yale coaches as a result of the showing, but matters were adjusted to the sat isfaction of all and improvement n the rowing has been marked during the past few weeks. Since the crews have been quartered at Gales Ferry the varsity has had several time trials covering the four-mile course just under or over twenty minutes.
 Harvard's preliminary races were IS unsuccessful as that of the Eli oars men. On April 25 the United States Naval Academy eight defeated the Crimson crew by one-half length over mile and five-sixteenth course at Annapolis, the winners time being 6 minutes 43 seconds. Just month later Cornell defeated Harvard on the Charles River Basin, at Boston by a little over a length in a mile and seven -eighths race in m 38 3-5 s. race but could not quite hold the Cor nell crew despite the extreme effort which left the Crimson oarsmen ex- hausted at the finish.
 Better success attended the efforts of the Harvard second crew which will
 
 sity four race of previous years. This combination. which is entered to row in the English Henley July IA, defeac- ed the Naval Academy second eight and won two races in one day at the American Henley at Philadelphia on May 16. Many experts declare that there is little difference in the ability of the Harvard varsity and second eights and the fact that the second crew defeated at Philadelphia the Un- inn, N1r11z icrhf .xf former Harvard oarsmen who are all so entered for the English Henley, makes this shell a strong favorite over the Yale second crew for tomorrow S race.
 The program. subject to wind and weather conditions, calls for the rowing of the two minor races tomor- row forenoon and the main event late in the afternoon
 "The second eights will row down stream over the two mile course from Bartlett Cove to the navy yard. After the completion of this race the Fresh men will meet in a two mile race from the navy yard to the railroad bridge" ebration the oarsmen will break train ing, with the exception of the Harvard second crew: which sails for London on, Saturday, and the shells and sweeps stored for another year.
 Although the Harvard rowing star has been in the ascent during the past few years the history of the dual re- gatta shows that so far as the varsity races are concerned the rival universi- ties are evenly matched. /. Forty seven races have been rowed since the first crews met on Lake Winnipisogee on August 5, 1852. Today the score stands Harvard "A; Yale 23. The advantage ran in cycles, however, for after an even break between 1852 and 1865, Harvard won eight races out of nine rowed between 1866 and 1879. The six races between 1880 and 1885 were ev- enly divided and then Yale forged to the front, winning sixteen races to Harvards three, between the years 1SS6-1907. Beginning in 1908 Harvard swung to the front and today has six consecutive victories to her credit ty . ing the record made by Yale between the years 1900-1905. To Yale also goes the record of the fastest time for the four mile course made by the 1888 crew which rowed the distance in 20 m. 10 s.
 The statistics of the six crew which | will meet in the three races tomorrow are as follows: