Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-20
CREWS READY FOR RACES
YALE AND HARVARD FIGHTS
TO BATTLE FOR HONORS
After Lapse OF Two Years, College
Oarsmen VIII AEnin Meet on
Thames River Today.
TBy Associated Press

NEW LONDON, CONN. June 10
swinging down the historic rowing
lanes Of the Thames. the eight cared
again tomorrow for the intcrvarsity
championship. after lapse of two
years. due to the world war. Bronzed
by the sun and brawny from months Of
training. the oarsmcn of the rival uni
versities are scheduled to meet in three
races amid pre- war setting which
has made the Thames regatta the row
Ing classic OF the New World
Notwithstanding the titanic upheavaI
winch wrenched nations from the pat this
or peace and prosperity. the aquatic
traditions OF the Harvard Yale boat
races held firm and tonight. on the eve
OF the nfty-hrst regatta, the scene Is
replica OF decade ago Anchored
along the edges Of the racing lanes
are scores OF pleasure craft, their !ig hts
casting mellow streaks across the
course where tomorrow varsity blades
VIII churn the water into foam
ashore. graduates and undcrclassme n
the forerunners of Fridays thousands
or Spcctators--arc gathering for Il re-
Eival of the night-bcfore festivities
for which New London has been ia :
nous in the past. Automobile parties
from New Haven. Cambridge, Boston
and New York arc rolling into town
bearinS the crimson or blue banners
or Harvard and Yale, while the town
ioik, eager TO welcome again the col
Iegian after a two-season hiatus. have
iestooned tho ceniurE-old seaport with
IN keeping with custom long since
established.
Annual Feature Many Ycnr..
From every angle tho revival Of ;his
! classic Is worthy OF the interest /, has
aroused. following a period OF strife
winch swept away all thoughts Of
sport competition in the far sterncr
struggle for international rights Dat
ing back 10 1852. when The first Yale
Harvard boat race was rowcd in lap
htreakcd barges on Lake Winnipiscogce,
g. ha,
of intercollegiate sport with but an
occasional break for more than half a
century
So closely have the varsity races
the feature OF the resatta-been con
tested that tonight the score IN vie
tories is tied. each university having
IN THIS rcck oning no account Is taken
81 inc interim regatta ,rowed over the
year ago. for il was au:hori,atively
stated Al that time that the tSo-rniIe
cones was an Informal wartime race
without bearing upon the regular an
ns xSt =, the .o oIish; Of war has le:, its
familiar features missing in the more
prosaiG routine OF training and coach
i aS !" o nlsGs Of Ggy %!ch9s ,He
lessor Mather Abbo, has served a S the
Hines. a Professional, has been i''1 in n
charge OF the Harvard coaching. Thus
II came ABOUT tnat an amateur coach
whose experience is limited to two
mile races. is piited against profes
slonai OF MANI Gears service in one
What the result Will be another twcntT
.our hours will demonstrated hi,
veteran oarsmen make a point Of rbjs
contrast in their arguments. OF The
ioi!ity OF the two varsity cights
Preliminary TRIMMING Good
INC preliminary training has no,
been up to the rigorous standard i'm
poseG IN FORMER periods. due 10 tho
shifting COLLEGIATE conditions which
Ferry and Red TOP. their respective
quarters on the Thames. that The train.
ing routine approximate tina; q,
FORMAL years. What efrcct this VII
have upon the actual racing rsnnn:
DC toretold. but nothing approaching
sensational time trial has been un.
covered IN the training
Little OF value for Comparative pur
noses was shown in the preliminary
season short-course races On April
10 the Harvard varsity eight of Ina,
period vas defeated by the Navy a;
annapolis by more than ten lenrths
IN one and seven eiEhts-mila rsce
the Cr!nson's time being eleven min.
Gtes and thiriy-one seconds for ,ha
distance, Harvard finished ;wo Lengths
aHedu OF PRINCETON In that race On
May Yale defeated Princeton /, a
,wo- TILE race on the Housaton:c by a
!enE'h with the difference in time about
,he seating Of the crew crew e cand;gs 81 IN
mish, be drawn from these he "n psr1
formances. Pei