New-York tribune., 1919-06-21
Crimson Oars,nen Victorious
in Fresllnan and Junior
Contests; Lose Big Race
Yale Cresu Statistics

deed, there was no other way to stop
the Yale eight. The rest wero Just
plain surface boats, yachts and row.
boats and things like that The sun
played an annoying peek through
out the afternoon, but the hatcars were
gay enough even without natures spot
light. Blue and Red were reproduced
in buttons and armbands, balloons and
flags and feathers
The Undergraduate representation
was large and enthusiastic Most of
them had been away fighting Germans
and Austrians and Turks, and yet, even
with these battles under their belts,
they seemed younger to US than they
used to In our day freshmen eprhaps
were bit immature, but sophomores
and juniors and senious were grave and
reverend 1t can hardly be that in our
day the young men of Harvard thrust
peanut shells down each others necks
and broke toy balloons over the heads
of bystanders-
Perhaps it is the result of taking
Greek out OF the list of required sub
iects. Perhaps it is Charlie Chaplin.
Talk of Coming Dry Spell
At any rate, it was a gay crowd
When the New Haven observation train
stopped at Red-Top one passenger went
down to the float and dived in, clothes
and all. When he did SO persons in
the train began to talk OF national
prohibition and how much of its verve
Life would lose ON July l. An hour
and half later, when thu oarsmen
were still in quarters, another passan-
ger jumped in the river, but no COM
ment was made on his Case. By that
time I'll the crowd felt like doing e1-
actiy tha same thing.
1t WAS not very rough Ut six, and a
p0stponement was unfortunate, for
half an hour later q brisk hreeza had
sprung up.
Bill Haines OF Harvard WIS anxious
to row at six, and is said to have re
nntrked that the officials could not eX-
pect billiard table. For q time it
looked as if postponement would
he necessary, but shortly after 7.3D
the referee ordered the crewB
out The message was >heered wildly
by the spectators and by the Harvard
crew rs we'll because they felt tilat u
little rough water would help their
chances.
Saved by the Law
However, the surface of the Thames
wsss only slightly corrugated when the
cfrWS Wf:ft 10 t!ir starting lui-lA-' IL
was then nine minutes OF and
must have been regretting this TACT
they had eaten only light lunch.
Nothing hut the daylight saving law
stood between the crews and lampEight.
Tlha sun was we'll down and sulAa,l 1t
. managed to east faint crimson glow
over the wafer, hut seemingly It WAS
.mere}y intent on fooling thnsn late
lbettnrs who believed in onans.
The modest Yale crew wore sipeve-
less Jerseys all the way from their
.boathouse to the stake boat, where they
removed this concession to de,icacy
tHarvard kept to the Zicgfeld mode
4frorn the door of tho bnatho1ss1o on
.sFha Crimson crew had the easys ffne
which Is Il slightly better cOtrs& u ith
sthe crews ready, cheering, both organ
'zsd and otherwise, spranc from both
banks of the river Yale threw IN the
undertaken song for good 1neasalrg.
Crimson OF in Lead
Harvard seemed litta sEuia- IN get
ting away than Yale n the +i7sd hur-
dr@d yards the Crimson led hV q foot
or So - Was half a lanr1l q. the
quarter, Du1 Yale Immediately raised
the stroke and the eights we're on nvsa
terms. They went together, strol.a for
stroke, for a bit, and at this stage Of
the proceedings Harxard's chances
looked prornlssing>
Leighton, the Harvard STROKE, was
mach pr~rier in action than Pessrs,
of Yale, who had a tendency to nod
his head al the completion Of the pail
IN way that seemed likely 20 retard
his breathing.
He'll choke himself to dcath,~
shouted Harvard rooter, but Peters
DID not live up to the prediction He
fought in whippet tank in France
ana probably doesn't need much sir,
AT any rate, he grew stronger and
stronger as the race went on
The crews were practically even at
,,ne half, but soon after this marx had
Deen passed Harvard captured a lead
OF about an eighth CT length. Yale
vent up beat to thirty-three, but
iharvard hung at thirty-two. With the
increase in effort Yale was repaid by
cutting the Harvard lead to nothing.
From the mile mark on the Yale
Stroke was almost constantly beat