The Washington herald., 1915-04-04
.0LD ELI Crews
WIN BIG RACES
Yale Senior and Junior Boats
Victorious Over Pennsy
on Schuykil.
LAND BY TWO LENGTHS
Oarsmen Are Hindered Considerably
by Severe Blizzard and
Winds.
LAND BY TWO LENGTHS
BY CONSTANCE s. TITUS,

PHILADELPHIA, April 3-Yale's oarsmen
Won both the senior and Junior eight
cared races on the Schuylkill River late
this afternoon. A severe blizzard was
blowing a storm that covered the rowing
men until it was almost impossible to
tell which boat was which. and at the
finish Of both races the athletes were
nearly frozen.
The senior crew won by two lengths;
the youngsters by three lengths.
To me the real feature of the races.
excepting, of course, the results, was the
fact that Guy Nichols. Yale's English
coach. changed his method of rowing
considerably, while, on the other hand.
his brother. Vivian, Pennsy's instructor.
still sticks to the same stroke that he
rowed at Poughkeepsie last year.
, Owing to the heavy snowstorm and
northeast gale, which was blowing down
the river. both races were postponed for
over an hour. The Yale crews were
anxious to ro, the race. as they desired
to get away and finish up their Easter
vacation. The Penn boys, however,
wanted both races postponed until Mon
day afternoon. Yale's wishes were finally
granted.
Not True Form.
The crews in both races were forced
to row up the river three miles before
they were started. Dripping wet Gal
frozen neither crew in each race could
have been expected to show their true
form. They were so compltaly COW
cred with snow that You could not see
their respective college-colors.
In the junior race Yale caught the
water first. They pulled their oars slow
ly and deliberately. but there was tons
Iof power behind their strokes. On the
~, Mt Npa for
with short and snappy strokes, and their
boat rocked considerably. The first min
ute found Yale rowing around thirty-five
while their opponents were doing forty.
At the end Of the first hundred yards
Pennsy was on even terms with the
New Havenites, but the home lads ap-
peared to be cramped in their rigs.
This told on them and Fivian's boat
was beaten after the race had been half
rowed. From the half post it was only
a case Of how far Yale wanted to win.
They accomplished their victory by
three full lengths and were in much
better condition at the end. With six
Of last years crew in the boat Pennsy
was expected to win the varsity event.
Yale had only three vets in their boat.
Pennsy In Front.
As the word was given to start
fenHSS SOI away iioHt' III" III q
,forty-two. Yale settled down immedi-
ately. doing a thirty-six. Pennsy kept
up the short. snappy stroke and at the
end of the first quarter was length
In front.
The Yale coxswain called for a
faster stroke and the Blue boat began
creeping up inch by inch. Again the
little General called for a faster
stroke and Yale passed the Pennsy boat
and began pulling away from their
opponents with startling speed.
As they reached the trolley bridge.
which is the first half mile. THERE was
plenty Of open water between the two
boats. Owing to the rough water the
Yale boat began to splash badly at this
stage of the struggle. This undoubted-
ly was due to the low rig, that Guy
Nockalls. Is a frm believer in.
But this did not keep them from
maintaining their lead: in fact they in
creased inch by inch as they tore along
the rest of the route and they finally
passed the judges boat two full
lengths in front. They probably could
have won by a wider margin had they
SO desired.
The statistics of the four crews fol-
low