Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-01
Varsity Four. Mile Race Is Won
by Almost Six Lengths-Jun-
iOr and Freshman Crews Vic.
toriOus.
UPSTREAM TIME 70 N. 5.2s
Harvard Varsity Eight Starts
with Better Form and Is
Game to the End. but Ellis
Stroke Pulls Shell Steadily
Away.

New London. Conn. June 2b.--For
the first time in many years Yale crews
to-day swept the Thames in the an
nual dual regatta with Harvard, AMI
tonight Eli alumni ana undergrad
yates are cheering their three crews
and Coach Guy Nickalls until the din
Is deafening. notwithstanding delays
due to rough water and accidents, the
English coached elghts of the Blue
with characteristic bull dog determine
ton, fought for victory from early
forenoon until dark, defeating in turn
the junior, varsity and freshman
eights of the Crimson.
varsity regatta records have
to be searched for many years to find
Yale triple victory. although similar
Harvard Successes have been of more
frequent and recent occurrences. To
add to the Joy the Blue varsity
eight established a new upstream
course record In winning the big race
which is likely TO stand for years.
LONG DELAYS IN STARTING.
But one race the Junior varsity
event, was started on schedule time
The four mile varsity contest was de-
layed by rough water one and a quar-
ter hours and the freshman race post
poned from forenoon and until after
the feature event. Even then misfor-
tune followed the crews and a broken
oar-lock necessitated the first year
crews rowing race at one and one
I holf 1nc i, ali al a p X
REGARDLESS Of the delays one of the
largest regatta crowds that has gathered
at New London in decade followed the
fortunes of the crews, applauding the
efforts of both winners and losers with
loyalty such as is seldom seen outside
intercollegiate contests The entire four
mill, course from the railroad bridge To
I Bartletts cove was lined with steam
yachts. sailing craft and motor boats
until in places the racing crews were
hidden from those on shore and train.
CROWDS ARE BIG
Fully 1000 spectators witnessed the
| contests from the obscrVet ion cars which
! followed each race, and the shores We're
( populated by throngs ranging from hun
dreds to thousands at every point OF
vantage. II was great day for Yale and
great day for New London. for tht
/ Blues triple victory and the many thou.
/ sands of spectators say with college
| Coors demonstrated that the inter
varsity boat races between Yale and Hnr
ward are stu one of Americas sport
classics.
Chief interest centered in the outcome
of the varsity races when the Yale oars
! do, natr rat cd ha no if-b I'm rf
victory of last years English coached
crew was not huke by winning to-day's
! contest by almost six lengths
Harvard took defeat philosophically
but Yale adherents made no attempts tc
hide their JOY.
THE RACE IN DETAIL.
That the Blue had a crew of particu
lar power and finish is shown in the
| figures of the four-mie race where the
Yale oarsmcn set their own pace, and r
so doing established new upstream
record of 20 minutes 81 seconds, beating
the time made 10y the Yale eight of 100
by Is seconds The time of both crew,
in to-day's race by half miles follows:
Half mile-Yale 2;o5 Harvard 2:0Sla
One mie-Yale $40; Harvard 4:45
One and half miles-Yale 121ia
Harvard 7:34.
Two milesYale l0:o6ia, Harvard 1914
Two and one-half miles-Yale l239la
Harvard l2h2
Three miles-Yalc 1927, Harvard 1888
Three and half miles-Yale 1922
Harvard 1870.
-Four miles-Yale N:52; Harvard 2l:l3ia
The freshman race rowed In semi da rk
ness over a mile and a half course, wa
won by the Yale first year crew by ap
proximately one length. the times being
Yale eight minutes six seconds. Harvar,
eight minutes ten seconds.
WIND AND A CHOPPY WATER
southwest wind and choppy waite
delayed the start of the varsity rae
more than one hour and the lower hal
of the course was still choppy when tn
shells darted away from the raj roa,
bridge. The tide was still running u
stream and the sky was overcast but tn
Harvard oarsmen retained their canva
hats when they set out on what was t
prove stern chase in the wake Of tn
winners, with the possible exception o
the first half mile. Harvard never appear
ed to have a chance although little or n
fault could be found with the waterman
ship OF the Cambridge crew.
The speed that Coach Nickalls' e!gh
developed with Its slow, far-reachn
stroke was uncanny at times. Thong
. Stroke Morse evinced a tendency to figh
his oar Al times, the Yale shell travel e
at high speed throughout the entire fou
miles and there was not the slightest ev
dence Of the usual check in the progres
. of the craft between strokes Ever
stroke appeared Identical with its fe
lows. regardless of whether the beat wa
at 80 or 40 Much Of this success WAS du
to tho powerful leg drive and the fine
I snap given the blades Just before the
were taken from the water
( Minor faults were apparent in one O
7 two spots In the Crimson craft, bu
taken as whole the crew was a cred
to Coach Wray.
Stroke Lund lifted his oar UNUSUAL
, high In finishing at times while Par
sons at No. 6, and Morgan at No.
, were not always in unison with tn
, other members Of the eight. Thes
, lapses appeared only occasionally, how
, ever. and the reason for defeat M
= reured to lay moro In the concerto
Hack Of power rather than in any in