The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-24
HARVARD CREWS
TAKE ALL THREE
RACES WITH YALE
Every Result Decisive, With
Varsity Having Greatest
Margin at Finish.
CRIMSON SUPPORTERS
CELEBRATE TRIUMPH

red, blue. range green. white. purple
n shades which defy Interpretation by
q layman.
New London never loses its pic
~turesqueness. To-day the old whaling
town was at It's best. Fifty per cent.
more yachts thar had seen the race
aimee yachts were the only way to wit
ness a regatta lined the course. They
were OF every description and size. You
hardly could see daylight from the rail-
road bridge to the avy yard. n distance
Of W miles. so close were the river
craft anchored alongside one another.
For u a large crowd the police
handled things we'll. There were no ac-
cidents to speak Of and only a few pick
pockets got enough TO feed them for a
day. Two were arrested. The traffic
was handled splendidly. due in large
Measure to the traffic rules which
Henry r. Bond. secretary OF the New
London Ship and Engine Company. put
into force. Bond. n former Yale man.
IL known here as the millionaire cop"
Refuses to Look at Crimson.
He was at Bank and State streets in
uniform when the traffic was heaviest.
He shove he was n Yale graduate by
his blue uniform and dista ste for any
thing bordering On the crimson. He
NVpt lie pht W me ut1ktr Signals with
their warnings TO Keep TO the right
because he couldn't stand the way thew
reminded him of Harvard. Many Yale
men recognized him and thought he was
paying a bet contracted in "A previous
Yale-Harvard melee.
Few accidents marred the regatta. but
one prevented Edwin Palmer and his
friends aboard his yacht Crusader II.
from enjoying the races as much as they
"a
London from New York the Crusa-
der's first mate. Fred Anderson. was
drowned. Anderson was pulling in the
mainsail on Black Rock. near Bridge
port, when the boom swung around and
knocked him overheard. The force OF
the blow caused him to sink Immediate
~. Mr.. Palmer searched for the body
Tor an hour and then came to this city.
He reported the fatal accident 10 the
Custom House.
The early races were spoiled by the
inefficiency Of the revenue cutter SER
vice. AZ the freshmen crews were COM
ing down the course they allowed the
drawbridge TO open IN order to get rid
OF the congestion Of yachts. The wash
or the yachts affected the Yale crew most
because of its low rigging. Referee
Melkleham called the newspaper men to-
gethcr at noon after the morning races
we're over and explained why he took
the crews up to Red Top for the second
varsity race instead OF having them row
over the course from the navy yard to
the bridge.
Referee ExplRius.
The freshmen race" he said. was
ruined by the inetiiciency OF the revenue
cutter service. The railroad bridge was
opened to allow late yachts to gain an
chorage above the finish line. The by
laws of the War Department governing
regattas state specifically that the bridge
shall remain closed for thirty minutes
before and thirty minutes after zach
race.
The result was that the yachts and
their accompanying launches Churned up
the river, making the worst kind of row.
ing water. For this reason | took the
second varsity crews up to Red Top
without making n announcement II
l had Informed everybody from where
! was going to start the race the yachts
would have pulled up anchor and fol-
lowed up the river. spelling that water
too for good rowing,
1T was the worst policing I have seen
In my thirty years connection with row.
ing. The revenuc cutter service cannot
be censured too strongly for It's inefn-
cheney. ! shall insist that no boats, not
even a rowboat. move during the varsity
race"
Whatever criticism was directed agains.
Referee Meiklcham for the way he han
died the morning races was forgotten
when II came time for the observation
rains TO start for Red Top at ) 30 p. NJ.
The rains arrived at the starting line,
four miles above the bridge. fve min.
utes before 1t was time for the crews to
get on their marks. Almost simuitane-
ous'y. at 5:i0. the Yale and Harvard
varsity Fights were seen carrying their
shells from their boat houses. Cheers
reverberated across the river.
Harvard First Mt Mark.
At5:45 r. NJ, Harvard was at its stake
boat. ready to begin its record breaking
four mile grind. It's paddle across the
river gave an inklNg OF what was 70
take place. Its crimson tinted blades
went in and out OF the water as one. II
was n crew out to do one thing-beat
Yale. and do that with all the dignitv
possible. Vale came down the river from
It's quarters at Gales Ferry, a half mile
above the start, two minutes after Har-
ward.
There was little delay. Yale. II is true.
fused around a minute before getting
Its shell in line. but except for this slight
display of nervousness it did not appear
yufiied by the august appearance OF its
arch rival. Referee Meikleham shouted
TO the spectators on the Vermont Cent
trail train to remain quiet until the race
got under way in order to allow him TO
issue final Instructions to the crew The.
spectators IN this train were mostly Yale
rootcrs. II was an unfair order, because
Yale had littl. chance afterward to cheer
wildly for its crew.
The crowd just drank in the brown
backs and manly forms Of the Eli Fights.
Braced there on the starting line there
was littl" 10 choose between these two
crews. Both lookri lit for the struggle
of Their young lives. Six months Of
training had brought them as near to
perfection as II * possible to bring
human beings. The Yale crew averaged
IA pounds six feet tall and 90 years Of
age, In its shell were four veterans
from the crew which last year gave IN.
Hi Institution a victory over Harvard
by seven or more lengths, Harvard
averaged l73 pounds, was six feet tail
and II years of age.
care You Ready. Valet"
The ienseness Of the moment finally
was broken at $50 i. NJ. "Are you
ready now. Yale Referee Melkclhnm
shouted through his m~egaphone. The
answer came back yes" Are you
veteran AT this sort OF thing. merely
Nodded his head. ANOTHER second-these
seconds seemed hours-and the pistol
shot told that the race was or.
Yale caught The water first and IA shed
Hs blue oars back and forth with sIich
despatch that II had n lead of ten feet
In the FIRST hundred wards. Yale mon