The Washington herald., 1919-06-09
COLLEGE CREWS
TAKE WORKOUT
Harvard and Yale Oarsmen
Picked for the Annual
Thames Regatta.

Gales Ferry. Conn. June s.-YaIe and
Harvard rowing squads were together
today 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
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 Ameri-
can series of races. Yale has the call
In its varsity eight, Harvard in the
form OF its second crew. and honors
seem about even in the form Of the
freshman eights.
Yale has clearly secured an advan-
tage over Harvard in coming here al
most an entire week ahead OF its an
cient rivals. which did not arrive TN
last evening. and the time trials of
which on the Thames began only TO-
NeE- ohN mas N"hCC CONtItO lnt TOUT
miles under the watch this week, and
has constantly strengthened its &c
QUE enhance with the course. which has
given the Eli oarsmen confidence and
assurance
Both Coaches Haines and Abbot said
today that they regarded the makeup
OF the varsity shells as settled. The
two main eights will enter the regatta
rowing as follows, barring accidents:
Harvard-Stroke. Laighton: No. z.
Captain whitman: No. 6, Olmstead /:
No. s, Lynder. No 4. Morris; No. 8.
Brewer: No. 2, Batchelder; bow. Da-
Wis: coxswain. Pierson.
Yale-Stroke. Peters; No. Z. DriscoII;
No. s, Payson: No. 5. Captain Mead:
No. 4. Schieffelin. No. 3. 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 liz to about la for
| the Ellis.
Harvard has the advantage OF a
veteran crew. retaining three of the
same eight which defeated Yale in
their two-mile race on the Housatonic
John Lynder and c. F. Batchelder. Jr
Va NhS Ndpl- SGdQ ana
Schieffelin are veterans.
Both Yale and Harvard have come
here rowing a slower stroke than
usual In Yale's time row the clip was
kept at q 10 q, finishing at 2 Har-
wards crew has been pulling a 80
stroke. and IL is likely that the four
mile race will be rowed at a . to %
this season. a notch or two below the
usual clip. Both varsity eights will.
however. stiffen their pace somewhat
the coming week
IT have seen better crews" said
Coach Haines. OF Harvard, today. la
conicslly. when asked his opinion of
his varsity eight. He was warm in
his prase OF his lively freshman eight.
DR.. Abbott. Yale's rowing director.
I. 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 a tre-
mendous catch and a hard finish.
Every man in IL is a fighter, and we
have faith in our ability to row
creditable race There is a slight
check between strokes from which We
are working"
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-
dition.