The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-23
HARVARD CREWS
ARE EXPECTED TO
SWEEP THE RIVER
They Arc Favorites, but Rec.
ord Crowd Expects Close
Finishes.
YALE VARSITY IN POOR
FORM IN THE FINAL SPIN

III ~ L he In ~ Oh ~
vrv LONDON, Conn. June 22.-The
quests met and the feast Is set for the
yal..Harvard boat races tomorrow on
N. historic Thames. II has been n peren-
MIA, tea., for the sons Of the two institu-
,,or, since 1852. yet there Is not a Yale
NJ Harvard man in town tonight who
links any regatta OF the past will sur
mass to.mcrrow's races In exciting and
close finishes. The biggest advance
,rocd since the automobile cut into that
,or, Of Trims has gathered tonight and
everywhere the comment IL that III
olgh, to he a great race"
Two races were rowed after I O'Clock
tonight. and at 1880 the Harvard var
div. innior and freshman Fights rowed
down the curse for their last real work
On, preliminary to the final test. Yale
came down from its quarters at Gales
Ferry a few minutes later and practised
sar,s To the experts and coaches from
crews which do their rowing at Pough-
ssense Harvard showed II had every
-gh, 20 he termed a ~favorite. Tho big
CRIMSON crew rowed hard for two miles
from Rcd Ton TO the navy yard. and
shs, its Adhorcnts saw caused them 10
rush back to this own looking for Yale
money.
Ellis splash In Final spin.
Yale didn't behave nicely at all in the
presence Of It's graduates. over and un-
der, who lined the shore. The Eli var.
sty rowed fast enough. but IL splashed
IN A way that could not he pardoned
~ a result Harvard men had to search
he hyways FOR bets. there being very
Few on .thc highways. From the way
t's' Yale crew is rowing said jim
Rice. coach Of Columbia. 81 think II
would derive greater advantage II IL
~pr7c'ised finishes instead OF starts"
John fioyle Of Cornell and Hiram
Conihcc- ~ Washington ~concurred In
Rite's opinion, but Conibeer added thai
-s-raps there was no Use finishing fin.
shes II you're not coins TO use them II
re race. This left the impression e
those within earshot that the big race
would he solely and exclusively Har'
wards fpr the first time in three years
In tho two preliminary races Yale ant
Harvard split even. The Crimson sub
s,.tu,e four ~ the freshman squad wor
VIZ Nv i"lc su' $50
VI "pe" N".''' '"N'r'ns iS ".t W 80
iA'e ''l'u LOT even tinne anu MI u W
me "o'' ""'Os N" miic !" . minutes
lhere was . p"WeriuI wlhn from I'M
VEST w.i'n ""n been blowing marc al
cav f"INtIh ~Hppto n lot OF "a'e'
getting TO the start across the rive
rom Us quarters, u win th's hanni
cap IL ROUND 'he FL -FOUR as easy Az nv
sAper'S 'n'hh 's Varsity VIII hhu I'M
'aie '"'S''! 'o-ihorrow'
""'' Tor ''nf''"r" Eishs.
There was a race for gentlemen eigh
cared crews which Yale won nv half
i.rg'h-'lh Fills having tho crew an
Harvard having the gentlemen. II wa
confined 20 former varsity oarsmen an,
the distance vas "A half nile. "Jus
enough 10 work up "A thirst" was tn
way Head Coach Robert T. Herrick pu
=. Yale had practically last years var
s,y, with n. l.. Morse at stroke. +
nenegre at No. , and w. Avcrill Harrl
man at bow. The time. which reall,
hai nothing to do with the race. wa
rs for Yale and . &c 2-5 for Harvard
For such a short race both crew.
worked IN A m chty strong thirst. Their
was a bowl OF champagne in back O
,he Harvard boa ,bouse awaiting them n,
heir ro,,lrn Hanging above il wer
eighteen rubber tubes. THE tired oars
14r S-s, hovad hefor. ,ba cro., 90
Pac,rgs and .bc, rroc.odad o. $50,
me c1auu. gno from tho how, Thsv A,
Of, ru,.L f,.tar ,han ~. 60. 49, a,
nile.
Never since po,odic, .rno,a ,nort,,,
J.ys q. ~" w u 'e.o'u''','"I
suIb W. 10y
ra-ii,. ,ho a'oa"u ne.e C,u,,
,,. 'auseS "iuth TENSE lee'
"|laE 'he presence OF trool
W,,rp, s1lns 10 anu from FOR
mas ddd.n 10 the interest score
ANS Whl'h nave been getting u
49,, r a. ,.e nhlsh near The bridge a
tren ~Sa'u'irg every boat carrying Massa
ava t~onnecticut guards to thei
noO''<''loh headquarters. Several o
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