New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04

Junior varsity eight of the Blue ha
md crew.
To accomplish its triumph the Yale
senior eight covered the American Hen
icy course OF / mile 500 yards in faster
time than 1t ever had been negotiated
before in these dual combats. The
time was 6 minutes and IA seconds.
Just eleven seconds under the best pre-
vious mark.
No college crew ever deserved a VIC
tory more, and no crew on the Schuyl-
kill ever was accorded q heartier well
come as 1t slid over the finish line a
winner. Tens Of thousands of threats
shrilled from the river banks and the
towering rocks near the finish, and the
hundred Of motor cars that streamed
down the east and west river drive
ways, keeping pace with the crews.
6lsred their horns.
Overcome Penn Lead
In order to win. Yale had to over
come an early lead of the Red and
Blue crew, had to wear down eight
sturdy Penn oarsrnen of proved STAN
ma courage and skill; had to drive
away into the teeth of a strong wind
that drove an incoming tide directly
into the noses of the shells.
But overcome these handbags the
sons of Ell did, and the a~ccomn}ish-
n,ent amazed old rowing men who saw
the eight blue-jerseyed oarsmen, all
more than six feet tall, in a brand new
Engiish she'll, lighter and riding lower
IN the water than the Penn boat, with
a long-reaching, apparently slow, lazy
stroke, WELD power that was not to
be stopped once it was set under way.
Penn jumped into the lead at the
gun,. ran its stroke up to SO and never
iell below So the entire Journey, shoot
ing every ounce of power into that
ITS long, perfectly timed dipping Of
The olue-tlpped blades, seemed set for
early annihilation. but the scale turned
when Penn's tamina was bitten away
by the smuggling stroke; and the rhythm
OF the easy Yale stroke, the saving o.
me energy OF the men, began to tell.
IN the final half mile the race never
vas in doubt. though Pcnn's gallant
oarsmen never flinched and gave to the
asst ounce of their strength.
Quaker Oarsmen Collapse
When the flag fell as the nose OF the
Yale shell shot across the line that
asst pinch Of Penn power was expended
n . despairing "ten strokes" and
Frank. at No. 2 in the Quaker boat,
Captain Keller, at No. 6, and Ellison,
At No. I, fell forward in their seats
--<S44y spent.
In contrast 10 this Yale's oarsmen
at upright in their places. every face
"reathed IN smiles; many waved their
lands to the crowds on the river banks.
rom which could be heard family
echoeing a real Yale cheer from a
small band o. students who had fol
owed their mates down from New
Haven.
Little 122-pound Carson, coxswaiD
81 the Yale boat. stood upright in the
rail boat and loudly showered con-
gratulations upon the winning oars
men.
Though Penn had a fighting chance
or The varsity race, it never was IN
ne winning for the junior event. Dig
The Blue substitutes sped ahead and
By the finish had opened up q length
OF clear water. Their time of 700 3-5
aleo was remarkably fast.
This was the first rowing conflict of
the college season. an annual event
that comes in the Easter holiday. After
Two days Of lowering skies nature was
Kind and there was an unspecked blue
Fault above. from which a warm sun
shone down. making the river a giis-
tsning band.
Tor the mile and fve-eighths that
me course winds its way down the
s~chuylkiil both river banks bore 70
many people as could find room upon
them.
The resources OF the park guards
we're x 10 the utrnos TO keep the
long lines Of motor cars moving stead
lly down the river as the crews started
their Journeys, for several hundred au-
toLnobiles followed the races from start
% finish.
A Picturesque Sight
i. was q picturesque sight, one not to
- eQualed at Poughkeepsie, on the
Hudson, the scene Of the intercol-
'egiates; at New London, where Yale
ard Harvard yearly stage their rowing
contests, or on the famed Thames
course, in England, where the Henley
regattas are held.
When Yale and Penn lined up for the
start Of the varsity race there vas a
long delay before the starting gun
sounded. Yale had the west course, a
decided advantage, which Penn was
compelled TO neutralize by hard, driv-
ing work in the early stages.
But X this was to DO an advantage
fore the race. As it put the Yale shell
ont Ia the middle OF the stream, II
made II a target for the wind and cur
rent, and 60 fifteen minutes were cor
sumed Ia getting the Yale boat lined
Up at the starting line, all Of this be-
ing a wear and tear upon the nerves
and mental poise Of the wearcrs of the
Blue. The Penn crew. sheltered by the
east wall Of the river, rode at ease
watching Yale'a frantic efforts 70 get
into line.
Consequently, when the gun sounded
Penn was away 70 "a lead. The Quakcrs
dug In at the rate Of thirty-e!ght
strokes % the minute after the first
mad scramble at the rate Of forty.
Yale. even In this frantic effort TO get
up speed IN the boat, never ran above
sairty-six strokes. Though Penn's sneil
nosed It's way ahead, Peters, the Yale
captain and stroke, quickly dropped
back 70 thirty-Your, which was the
pace he get almost ~ the fnish.
The varsity crews lyed up as fol-
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