New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Yale-Harvard
Crews in Trial
On Sa1neCOurse
Coaches Decide on VAR
sity Fights for Annual
Regatta ON the Thames

GALES FERRY, Conn, June t.
Yale and Harvard rowing squads we're
together to-day for the first time this
season for an attempted time row, and
both closed the week with an effort
upon which they will rest their hopes
of victory in opening the final week of
practice before their regatta on June
20.
BY common consent they have agreed
to finish their exacting training next
Saturday night, with similar final time
rows to those ordered by the mutual
head coaches, DR.. Mather Abbott, of
Yale, and William Haines, Of Harvard,
for tonight.
In opening the final weeks training
for the regatta, which has been held
longer annually than any other Amer
lean series of races, Yale has the call
in it's varsity eight, Harvard in the
form Of it's second crew, and honors
seem about even in the form of the
freshman eghts.
Yale has clearly secured an advan-
tage over Harvard in coming here al
most an entire week ahead of it's an
cient rival, which did not arrive till
last evening, and the time trials Of
which on the Thames began only to-
day. Yale has twice covered the four
miles under the watch this week, and
has constantly strengthened it's ac-
quaintance with the course, which has
given the Eli oarsmen confidence and
assurance.
Both Coaches Haines and Abbott said
to-day that they regarded the makeup
of the varsity shells as settled. The
two main eights will enter the regatta
rowing as follows, barring accidents:
Har,yar,d-stroke. Laig ghton; No. 7. Cap
tain Whitman; No 6, Olmstead No. 5.
dynder. No. 4. Morris; No. 3. Brewer; No.
g. Batchelder bow. Davis; coxswain, Pier
1ale-Stroke Peters: No. T. Driscoll: No.
No. 5. Adams; No. 2. Hord;
bow. Allen: coxswain, Carson.
Of this combination Harvard is the
lighter. 1t weighs about five pounds
to the man less than Yale, tipping the
scale at about 172 to about 1T for
the Ellis.
Harvard has the advantage of
veteran crew, retaining three Of the
same eight which defeated Yale in
their twomle race on the Housatonic
River, including Captain L. B. Whit
man, John Lyndcr and C. F. Batchelder,
jr. Of the Yale eight Captain Mead
and Schieffelin are veterans.
Both Yale and Harvard have come
here rowing slower stroke than usual.
In Yale's time row the clip was kept
at q to 20, finishing at SO. Harvard's
crew has been pulling 80 stroke, ard
it is likely that the four-mile race will
be rowed at 20 to 80 this season, a
notch or two below the usual clip.
Both varsity cights will, however,
stiffen their pace somewhat the coming
week.
Haines Not Optimistic
Il have seen better crews" said
Coach Haines of Harvard to-day, la
when asked his opinion of
his varsity eight. He was warm in his
praise of his lively freshman eight.
DR.. Abbott, Yale's rowing director
said Of his varsity eight:
1T is hard to tell at this time what
June 20 will bring forth. Our VARSITY
Is fair, average crew, powerful, and
work beautifully together, with tre-
mendous catch and a hard finish.
Every man in it is fighter. and we
have faith in our ability to row a cred
table race. There is a slight check
between strokes from which we are
Yale has lacked Stroke Churchill
Peters most of the past week because
of an attack Of boils, but he has Just
returned to the shell in excellent con-
lition