The sun., 1919-06-20


cred a lump sum Of $4,000 to be bet on
the varsity at evens, but in spite of the
fact that Yale Is supposed to be the ia
vorite and mythical odds Of to 4 are
being quoted, the Harvard money is UNI
covered. However, it Ii quite likely that
II will be taken care of before the night
is over, for the old crowd is gathering
at the Mohican and things are getting
livelier every minute.
While those who like to talk about odds
on a college boat race make the Ellis the
favoritos In the major contest they place
Harvard in q similar position In the
freshman race at 5 TO 4. with even
money for the Junior varsity.
Tomorrow in the varsity race Yale
viii be presented with the opportunity to
even the ecore. Since 1889 there have
been ffty-one rsgattaa. counting the two
mile event on the Housatonic last year.
and Harvard has the edge by ~ to 25 in
the VARSITY count.
All signs point to Yale's making II
even tomorrow evening. but in these col
lege rowing races one never can tell.
Yale 10 credited with two time trials over
the new four mile course down stream
in 81 minutes and IL seconds. Rowing
only twenty minutes before the Ellis
turned in that time the Harvard eight
was unable to do better than a minutes
and IS seconds reported TO be tho best
trial OF Bill Haines's pupils.
Tune Trials Don't Count, says nice
But as Jim Rice. the former Column
bia coach. remarked tonight "You
never can tell from time trials. I never
would go by the time trials. for they
aren't worth talking about when you
size UP two or more crews Why. l re-
member that the Pennsylvania crew
coached by Vivian Nickalls broke the
course record at Poughkeepsie In 1914
and that great many Of the experts
made the Quakers the favorites on that
account But It 90 happened that Penn
had made that trial on the height Of a
strong flood tide and that II really
counted for nothing as an indicator OF
the strength Of the crew.
I'm spite OF slow trials. Columbia won
that year and Penn was last, so you see
that there IL no reason for saying that
Yale will win Just because II made the
better trial. But do not get me TO say
that Yale will not win. ! have not seer
the crews here. but from what am told
II Is six Of one and half adoIen of the
other"
Another reason for not putting toe
much faith in time trials was furnished
by the Yale crew Of 1915. just before the
last previous regatta on the Thames
Yale broke the course record In q trial
but In the race was seven lengths behind
Harvard and rowing worse with ever,
stroke.
Drawings for Positions Msas.
AT . melting OF the oficiais this AFTER
noon the schedule for tomorrow and the
a w inRa 1np nnatffnna -
programme calls for the freshman race
to start at 10 In the morning over the
two miles from the bridge to the navy
yard. The second varsity crews will
start at II, rowing from the navy yard
to the end OF the four miles of Moulton
Point These races will be rowed up
stream.
At 4;30 In the afternoon the varsity
crews will start or Moulton Point and
row the four miles down strsam to the
bridge.
In the toss for position for the varsity
race Harvard was the winner. and named
the east lane, toward the middle OF the
river. where the afternoon current lie
stronger and where there is none OF that
more or loss mythical eel grass. Harvard
won the toss for position In the second
varsity race too, and chose the west lane
The west lane will be the better one for
the morning race.
Yale won the toss for lanes for the
freshman race and chose the west lane
Tho Central Vermont observation trains
will be the better ones for the morning
races and the New Haven train for the
varsity event.
Tyson Judge at Finish.
Levering Tyson OF Columbia will be
the Judge at the finish and A. W. Put
nam OF Columbia will be the assistant
referee with r. d. Fackenthal. stu an
other Columbia man, assistant Judge at
the finish.
The river already is dotted with craft.
Among those seen in line are the schoon-
ers Enchantress, owned by w e. Iselin
OF New York the Constellation. Com
modore H. NJ. Sears Eastern Yacht
Club: the Kirian. Max AsasAfz; the
Intrepid, Lloyd Phoenix. New York; the
Ingomar. the While Away. the Mystery
and the Caroline. Richard Saltonstall,
Boston: the yawl Petrol. the steam
yachts Roxarna. Lars Anderson, Boston
and the steam yachts Colonia, Cacholot
and Alert Scores Of smaller craft also
were along the course.
Some rather interesting genealogy is
supplied by the, Yale and Harvard row
ing squads. At No. 1 In the Yale shell
Is John Jay Schieffelin. the Yale fresh
men bow 10 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit
ney and the Harvard varsity No. is
Dave Morris, JT. Schieffelin Is a grand
son OF william II. Vanderbilt and a
great grandson OF the old Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Morris IL also . grandson OF William
II. Vanderbilt and n great grandson
OF the Commodore. Whitney Is q grand
son of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
great grandson of William H. Wander
bilt and great great grandson OF Com
modore Vanderbilt.
Which suggests how tellinEly the boat
ing instinct runs down through the gen
erationH