New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Harvard Oarsnen Planning
For Big Race With Yale
Contest Will Be Over a Two
Mile Course-Call f9r
Candidates

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tho Harvard and Yale varsity crews
vii, row this spring over distance
shorter than four miles. Tho four-mile
course has long been Crimson-Blue
tradition, and despite the fact that
doctors. rowing experts and others
have severely criticised both universi-
TIES for allowing oarsmen to practise
for such an exhaustive race, there has
heen no change. The war has left its
imprint on Harvard-Yale rowing and
.he varsity race this spring will be
orsr a course approximately two miles
N distance. 1t will be rowed on either
u.rard or Yale's homo course.
harvard and Yale have opposed each
nth,r on the water. since 1852, when a
CRIMSON informal crew rowing in a
c,uh boat "Oneida" defeated a Yale
club. Subsequently both crews Joined
the Intercollegiate Association, which
held its regattas at Saratoga, n. Y,
and had events for four cared and sub
seuuently six-oared boats.
Yale Dissatisfied
In 1875 Yale, dissatisfied, broke away
from this association and scheduled
.he first eight-oared race in its dual
relationship with Harvard over the first
;our-mile straightaway course. The
rsce was contested on the Connecticut
River, near Springfield, and Yale won
il handily. The Crimson the next year
deserted the Saratoga regatta and
started its long string of dual races
with Yale, which were interrupted by
a fuss in 1896. and continued three sea-
sons later when the wounds .ad fully
healed over.
Up to 1896 Yale had won thirteen out
OF twenty starts, and had four success
siye victories when the break came.
The Harvard rowing authorities be-
lieved that they had not been used just
right by the Ellis after the race, or had
still other reasons for refusing to race
their one great rival, for the Blue eX
tended the olive branch in 1896, and
the then Harvard captain, Bullard,
pontedly told their courier that moth
ing under the sun could be done to
change Harvard's decision not to race
Yale that year, or, for that matter, any
other year
The bird of peace eventually came
through the Intercollegiate Rowing AS
socation, and the Crimson and the
Blue raced on the Poughkeepsie course,
with Cornell, third entrant, winning
the brush handily, Yale landing second
place, five lengths ahead OF Harvard.
The next year found both eights re-
turning to New London for their race
but bringing along Cornell as the third
participant
The lthacans again showed their boat
wash to the other two eights, and Har-
ward finished way to the rear of Yale,
which was four lengths behind Cornell
From that time or the Crimson and
Blue raced exclusively on the Thames,
and built up the luxurious regatta, on
the result of which thousands of dol
lars have been bet annually.
Harvard Holds Record
The record for the four-mile course
q. New London was made in 1916
by Harvard, when the Crimson,
coached by Robert f. Iierrick, grad
uate, defeated Guy Nickalls's Yale
eight in 20 minutes 2 seconds, eight
seconds faster than the record made in
1883
Both crews this spring will meas
ure strokes over q two-mile distance
coached by men who approve the longer
course, but know the inside methods
OF preparing the men for the shorter
stretch. Professor Abbott, Of Yale,
will have an excellent chance to DEM
onstrate his fitness as Nickalls's sue
SeeSot al Idie. Dill names. harvard S
English rowing coach. unlike his Yale
confrere, is still in this country, and
will probably handle the Crimson eight,
Tor Herrick's duties are far too many
and varied to allow him again to as
sumo the coaching burden
Manager Andrew Tribble has prac-
ff,cally completed arrangements for
Harvard-Yale race, and IS still in com
munication with Princeton. He has
issued call for candidates to report
at the varsity boathouse on March a.
when Coach Haines will address the
varsity and freshmen.
Captain Frank Parkman. who rowed
number seven on his freshman eight.
phish pids, defeated Yale, 1919, handily;'
hlchard S: Emmet, who captained and
sIroked s,.T' the crew. and Frederick S.
"hltmann, who rowed at number four.
ere ere 70 be the nucleus around which
Noach Haines will build his crew.
Cass Caniield, who rowed on the
tVlS tour, will also be available. Mem
ne Ders OF the 1920 crew squad in readi-
9sss csa,,s.r are Dick Bowen, Who vas bow bow
marley Batchelder, Harrison An.
p1' fpao1pe' George Noyes. Bob williamson
SHeolngton Ss Fiske, and Charlton Rcvn,