The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-26
Tie of 10 Years Is BrOken-
Record Crowd Sees Ellis 8
Lengths i'm Front.
N1CKALLS MEN ARE
THE CHAMPIONS NOW
Junior Varsity Furnishes
Most Interesting Strug-
gle of the Regatta.

NEW LcNppN. 1OUfl, JUNO 80 - die
varsity eight simply ran away from
Narvards first crew this afternoon In
the annual regatta on the Thames. Yale
won so easily that the race lacked the
heart stirring thrill that 10000 persons
rad looked forward TO. The Blue also
took the Junior varsity and freshman
contests. thus sweeping the river clean.
The eight young giants driving Yale 8
varsity she'll merely enjoyed pleasant
md not too exhausting four mile prac-
tice spin followed at a considerable
distance by the plucky but completely
ou,.lassed oarsmen OF H,rvatd. II was
procession from starting point to fnish
line, with Yale of like streak. with
Yale leading Eai length then n
length. then two lengths and finally n,
the finish Ly eight lengths.
Yales time for the four miles was
:9.j:. Harvard's time was 81 :l3E.
Race Never In Doubt.
There was never moment after the
referees pistol cracked that tho result
Of the race was in doubt. In the Yale
sAsll was such power and smoothness
as sstonished veteran oarsmen. In the
Harvard shell there was courage and
smo0thness, but the power was not
there. They tried hard. those brown and
brawny lads from Cambridge. They
almost broke their backs. and their
hearts TOO II may be, in squirt after
spurt; but struggle as they would and
asft as thsy would 'aey could no.
creep up foot on the flying Blue shell.
The men Of the Blue did not seem TO be
rowing to the limit OF their power and
endurance. They finished with a lot OF
strength in reserve, but their long.
tremendous, fric,onless stroke. the
stroke that Guy Nickalls has been two
years in perfecting. despite the criti-
clsms and attacks of critics who
fOvned upon his English innovations.
ate up the distance and made Harvard's s
splendid efrort utterly futile. Seldom. in
recent years at least, has a crew DEM
onstrated so emphatically complete
superiority over rival. And 1t was the
opinion Of very capable observers that
in the form II displayed to-day the Yale
eight is the best on top OF water, Pa
courtneys Of Cornell and Jim Rices
Of Columbia not excepted.
All Yale Hilarious.
|, should not be difficult for any one
q ina CINE the hilarious Joy Of the Yale
alumni and undergraduates when little
McLane, the Blue coxswair, drove his
men over the finieh line with seven
tngth- u open water showing between
the stern Of the Yale shell and the Prov
Of the Harvard boat 1t II the plain
ruth that victory 80 amazingly easy
had not been anticipated by the most
Optimistic wearer of the Blue. They
remembered, as every lover OF clean
sport remembers. the tremendous strug-
gle here year ago when Yale won by
heartbeat, the fraction OF second,
after zgzag duel that endured every
'oot Of four long miles. They expected
repetition of that wonderful struggle.
Not man Of them dreamed that Coach
Nickalls had developed crew that
could beat Harvard's men by eight
lengths
For Harvards hopeful thouss nds the
entcome was a shocking surprise. The
Nlng Of last years defeat had lasted
lhrODgh succession OF victories on the
football and baseball fields, They had
counted 80 earnestly on putting Yale In
heT pifne and retrieving the disaster Of
!sli For them the sharp crack OF
referee M"ikieham's pistol and the In
tdn' response of sirens, steam whistles.
sslutng common and the wild shouts OF
iale roo,"rs was a dismal and depress-
Ing chorus
Harvard Has Long Faces.
Fac"s at had shone all day with the
anticipation OF triumph heightened
amazingly For them only one con-
SIatlon remained. that the Harvard
oersm+n never quit, never for one in
hsn' ceased trying and at the very end
oufi"d their shell over the line with az
much grit and effort as if its bow had
s.en on even terms with the nose Of the
Yale Shell.
In every way. from every STANDPOINT,
was iales day upon the water. Her
Victory N the varsity race gave her the
balance Of triumph In the forty-nine
years the race has been rOwed. Until
nis afternoon Harvard had won TWEEN.
yiour .meB. and twenty-four times had
me victory gone to Yale. To-day Yale
tskes he lead. While she was at It
'he made clean sweep. winning the
S;cohd varsity eight race this morning
" contest which furnished the real
,,'Nemeni OF the regatta and leading
harvard 10 the finish line in the fresh
"'h "lent race which was rowed this
evening
Ihe Yale second varsity eight won by
hr'e'0nnrters ~ q length. covering the
No mile course In 10 minutes and 40