New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Y ale VARSITY
Grew Defeats
Tigers at Derby
All Four Fights Engaged
in Regatta Break Record
for Course

DEhB4, Conn.,, May 3.-AIl four of
the Yale and Princeton crews which
competed on the Housatonic day in
their first annual regatta broke the
two-mile record of 10 minutes SO sec
onds set by Harvard last year in
defeating Yale. The Yale varsity eight
won from its Tiger rivals to-day by a
length and third in 10 minutes IS 2-5
seconds, Princeton pushing across the
line in 10 minutes 20 3-5 seconds.
The Tiger cubs in the class race,
finishing less than a quarter length
ahead of Y ale, achieved a record of 10
minutes "a seconds, as against 10 min
utes 35 seco nds for the Eli aggrega-
ton, which had cut down a lead Of a
length and quarter to one of feet
when the race finished
Close Race Throughout
AT no time during the two races
were the rival crews separated by more
than a length and half, while the
ferceness of the competition and the
evenly balanced strength of the eights
contributed materially to the record
smashing in both races. Exceptionally
good river conditions prevailed, there
being breeze Just strong enough to
count materially in the final time with
out churning up the river surface, and
q heavy current, swollen by recent
freshets, contributing a record max
ing factor
An ideal spring afternoon tempted
out about 4 900 people who fringed the
high sloping hills of the river for the
last half mile, while the first obser-
vation train that ever crept along the
rails alongside the river follows all
three races of the afternoon.
A burlesque novelty was injected
into the programme by "Gentlemen's"
and "Mucker" eight race. The Gen
tlemen" wore high beaver hats and
long linen coats and trousers; the
"Muckers" being bedecked in convict
stripe rig. The "Gentlemen's cox
swain was a cherubic youth, while an
undergraduate, attired as Zulu
Queen, steered the "Muckers" shell.
Rising in their seats the rival oars
men alternately bowed or shook their
fists at each other, while the Zulu cox
swain of the "Muckers" flirted so out
rageously that the "Gentlemen" eight
steered sadly out of his course. At
the half-mile the eights stopped for re-
freshments, then claged water fero-
ciously to the finish, although the
"Gentlemen" claimed victory by a
length lead.
The ''Muckers," true to their role,
have protested on the ground that the
Gents" partook of cocktails during in
termission, thereby breaking the train
ing rules. The "Gentlemen" deny the
{EA
to the State Boxing Commission.
The varsity race was started at :32,
Yale catching the water first and poking
into the lead at a 35 clip. Princeton
followed at "a, but Yale steadily in
creased its lead to half length at the
quarter mile, when it dropped its
stroke to 20. Princeton, rowing a 81,
was still losing ground, retaining this
pace till the mile was reached, and Yale
had increased it's lead to length and
a half
A Battle Royal
Here Princeton would not be denied.
and Stroke Paxton gamely led his crew
in a series of three spurts, hitting the
of Yale, met and, stroke by stroke,
fought down. Each time he met the
Tiger rally and sent the Yale boat spin
ming ahead till it again attained n safe
lead of length. Three times the
Princeton boat came up within a half
length of the Yale prov, but on the
third rally the Eli boat, then less than
Il quarter mile from the finish, forged
ahead with lead that steadily grew till
it had reached nearly length and a
third as the judges flags fell.
From start to finish the Princeton
1922 crew led its Yale class rival boat
IN the freshman race which opened the
matinee. The eights caught the water
at a 50 stroke, Yale dropping to 80 and
Princeton to 80 for most of the race.
They rallied and finished with each
rowing 35.
The last quarter mile of this event
saw Yale cut down the Princeton lead
from nearly half length TO matter
of few feet. Had the race continued
another furlong Princeton would have
been compelled to display unexpected
strength or lose its lead.
The desperate finish found both the
freshman crews rowed to almost ex-
haustion, but they revived almost in
stantly and Justify cheered each other
before padding back to their boat
cised for not beginning their squirt
displaying remarkable reserve power
= and speed in the boat
The improvement in form of the
Yale varsity over that shown in its
race with the University of Pennsylva-
MIA two weeks ago, when it went down
10 defeat by two lengths, has been re-
markable, and Coach abbott was warm
Iy congratulated tonight by DR.
Sraeth the Princeton rowing dire tor