New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-26
Blue Varsity Wins by
Seven LengthsO Over
Four Miles.
JIJMPS OFF TO
LEAD AT START
Crimson Eight Unable to
Keep Pace with Her
Speedy Rivals.
BIC CROWD SEES RACE
Freshmen Row In the Dusk,
While Junior Crews Make
Closer Struggle.
Bv MALCOLM ROY.

v.v London. Conn, June 2S.-h ale
,,, tho Thames to-day. What had
-. many years been a Harvard Gus
- became a Yale preroGatlve Wheh
-. 4,ost Yale varsity eight that mas
- Tho Blue IN ten years rowe
~. Crimson TO an Overwhelming de-
g.. and TWO equally fine freshman ana
;rr;or crews vanquished their Harvard
rivals. p,. royod
-. Crimson down and down never
o,,s giving it an opportunity TO take
.te lead. and flashed across the l'he d"
- nv seven boat lengths. victory
,.,n,h, not alone triumph over mar.
s.rd but the rowing championship OF OF
-. yeor for Yale. And the Yale eigh'
~. well worthy Of the honor
-. from the start Of the long
,.,-.r,iIe stretch Of the course from
,ss railroad bridge TO the little pocket
!, p,r,lett's Cove where the hnisn was
staged. was the outcome Of the race IN
doubt. ~.
y was Yale from the crack OF the
-, er5 every half-mile save one ss"
,ss plue crew 90 further into the lead
-, nv a margin Of 21A seconds
II, oBeial time Of the yale crew was
81. Harvard crossed the last
mark in 2l:1314.
Mt once did the Yale crew let down.
and Harvard, losing hope with eacn
succeeding stroke, rowed race lar De-
Low the high expectations which nad
bsen built UP on its fine record early IN
~. season. and its fast trials over the
,oprse since it has been in practice on
the Thames
What made the defeat harder TO bear
for Harvard men was the fact that the
erew showed no ability 70 go up, and
,owed like a machine once 1t had be-
eome convinced that Yale was so far
ahead that further effort was useless
Yale rowed even better than 1t knew
how in the last two miles, and a scrap
per. faster moving Yale bostload never
sat in a shell on the Thames. The
Blue rowed 10 show that its three-foot
victory Of a year ago was no fuke' ana
it proved it in no uncertain fashion,
Rowing as clean and as hard stroke
q; the finish as at the start, 1t swept
scross the line with every man pulling
bis share. and every man glorying in
the victory.
New London STEPPED in Blue.
New London tonight is wearing a
blue reflection. Guy Nickails, the OK
ford coach, who has shown the way 70
Yale 10 two victories over the Crimson,
Is the hero Of the hour, and he and ms
English methods are firmly intrenched
in Yale rowing. He has succeeded
where so many others have failed, and
his success has brought him unstinted
praise and full measure Of glory.
Il is a Blue night for Yale and q
blue night for Harvard, only Harvard's
blue is Of a different kind. The Grim
son has no excuses TO offer for its de-
feat. Il was beaten by a better crew,
crew that had fire and dash where
Harvard had mechanical smoothness
and stolidness.
Yale began the day right by sending
Us junior varsity eight out 10 victory
over the Harvard second varsity, and
ended the day right when its fresh
nan crew. rowing in the dusk of an al
most deserted course; defeated the
Snmson cubs in a mile and half race
BY a length
After the discouraging outcome Of
we preliminary races Of yesterday af-
srnoon, Yale men were prepared for
ne worst, although they hoped for the
oes', and great was their JOY when vic
''y followed victory.
Perfect Day for Rowing.
More perfect days for rowing can be
imagined than the one which dawned
~et New London this morning, but
s-'h days are more the figments Of
haginstion than actuality. The water
ohaliions were wellnigh ideal from
1goreak 70 sunset, although a gentle
Ieete out OF the west that blew up
s0oet 3 o'clock roughened up the water
Mule, but only a little, and rowing
VAC have been possible at any time,
ssspite the fact that the referee
"olght otherwise.
D.owing upstream against the
Entity running tide, the wind seemed
Ionger than il really was in the
aofnlng. Neither Of the junior var
~ shells shipped more than a psilful
water, and II did not appear likely
n" The freshman eights would find
~ gong any more Of a handicap than
~ second varsity men. At all events.
~ NJ race was laid over for the evening
"hen the time rolled around for the
ss,,ty race conditions were still prac-
ssuly the same, and there was delay
Az hour while the regatta committee
a me referee examined every inch Of
s.. isirwsy. This took many long min
Aad delayed the start
,,W London gave little promise last
An OF hlling up TO its usual regatta
capacity, but the sun had only a
handicap when autos Of every size
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