Arizona republican., 1916-06-24
50TH REGATTh
 CLEAN SWEEP , FOR HARVARD
Yale Crew Goes Ragged To- ward Finish, and Some Stop Rowing Before Line; Crimson Time is 20 Min utes 2 Seconds
LEAD RACE-HARNARD WINS
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 NEW LONDON. Conn, June % Rowing the course in record time. the Harvard varsity crew defeated Yale here late this afternoon in the four mile race, the feature event of the fiftieth regatta between the two uni versailles The winning completed clean sweep of the Thames river, which began yesterday with the row ing of the freshman sub -fours and eX- tended through the freshman and sec ond varsity eghts races contested and won carly this forenoon
 Harvard won in 20 minstcs sec onds thus clipping s seconds off the best previous record for the four miles made by the Yale crew of 1888. Yale's time was 2O:17.
 Al the start both eights shot for ward at 0-to-the-minute clip and in the first spurt Yale took the lead, but the Crimson at the mile had about three-quarters of a length lead. rowing 30 to Yales 29
 Al the halfway posts Harvard was still slipping rapidly through the water to Stroke Lunds 90 beat, while Yale less than length behind. was rowing a long slow 2S At the 2lamile point the pace began to tell upon the Yale oarsmen. who rowed raggedly. Half mile from the finish the Grim son had gained lead of nearly three lengths
 The Yale men barely held the pace to the finish In fact some of the crew stopped rowing before the lane was reached and crumpled up as the shell ran onward by it's own mo- mentum.
 Notwithstanding the long period of years that has elapsed since the fi"St eight-oared crews of thes two universities rowed theiI initial race in lap streaked barg- es on Lake Winnipiscogee, near Gen. ter Harhor, N H. there has been a steadily increasing interest in the an uual aquatic duei. Each season ha: seen the return of the thousands O. spectators who make the Ya!e-Har- ward regatta one of the feature event; of the year in American sports.
 In some respects this training ha: been far more strenuous this seasol than has been the case in recent vars Tn regular outdoor routine has beel broken by unfavorable weather an' changes in either the coaching sys tenn or training course. Both squad were delayed in getting on the watel due 10 the late spring and up to with in a few days of the regatta the fina seating of tho various combination was in doubt. Illness and the with drawal of several promising candi dates also complicated affairs Harvard Robert F. Herrick 90 rc placed Jim Wray as head coach lat last fall. Herrick has had Willial Haines. professional as his assistar and this return Co what is virtual the amateur coaching system and tt result. as demonstrated by the out come to tomorroW's races is beir awaited with unusual interest.
 At Yale there has been no cbani so far as the head coach is cor cernod. Guy Nickalls. the former O2 ford University oarsman, has been charge and the Eli crews are rowir a stroke this season which is q near' approach to the English varsity for than was the case a year ago TT preliminary training course hOweve was changed this spring. Instead doing their work on the New Hav'