The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-25
YALE FRESHMEN
A LENGTH AHEAD
They Hit UP a Terrific Stroke and
Passed Harvard Freshmen in
Last Half Mile.

Regatta course, New London, Conn.
June 25.--Yale crews scored double
victory on the Thames river course this
morning in the preliminary races of th,
42nd dual regatta with Harvard. The
blue blades of the Eli oarsmen swept
the Yale shells across the finishline oi
both the freshman and junior varsity
two mile races well ahead of their
Crimson rivals.
The Yale adherents, as result, were
predicting clean sweep by a third
victory in the four mile varsity con
test scheduled for late this afternoon
The winning of the New Haven col
lege crews, while decisive in each race,
was not achieved without a bitter
struggle, for in both races the Harvard
eights jumped into the lead at the
start and fought gan1ely to maintain
tLeir advantage until the contests had
progressed well toward the finish flags.
1t was in the final stretches of the
races that the superior power and row
ing form of the Yale oarsmen began to
count and once well to the fore with
the finish flags in sight the Eli elghts
rowed rapidly to victory.
Weather and water conditions were
extremely favorable for fast time and
the shells swept down the Thames
river under the power OF the sturdy
sweep swingers and wind and tide at
exceptional pace. These conditions were
reflected in the times, Yale winning
the freshman contest by about length
in 10 minutes three and three -fifths
seconds. while the Cambridge crew
trailed home in 1905. In the Junior
varsity, Yale's margin was close to a
length and half. with the official time
at Yale 10 minutes and six
and three ffths seconds, Harvard 10
and 10 seconds.
The waters of the Thames were flow
ing fast toward the ocean when the
freshman crews took their places at
the starting flags at Bartlett's cove, a
few minutes before the scheduled time
for the start At 1886 Referee Neikle-
john shouted the command to 90 and
Iarvard's yearlings caught the water
first with forty four stroke. Yale was
a beat slower. In ehoppy water and
cloudy sky the racing craft fairly
Ieaped down the river. Both eights
were rowing a SO beat at the half f-mile
with Harvard leading by scant quartz
er length.
At The mile the positions were rela
lively the same. In the fiDal mile Har-
ward endeavored to increase IT'S adj
but Yale, with plenty Of re.
serve, quickly accepted the challenge
and overlook The Crimson, winning
apparent effort by shells
ength.
THE wind had died away somewhat
before the junior varsity eights got the
starting signal, at 1884, with the sun
breaking through the grey clouds.
The start of the second race was
similar TO that Of the opening event.
Both strokes hit up stroke well intol
he forties and for few lengths the
,row OF the Harvard shell showed in
ront.
Then the drive OF the Yale blades het
.an to count and slowly the blue craft
lid to the front. never 10 be headed.
it the half mile flags. the Eli shell was
eading by a third of length and at
he end OF the first mile had increased
he distance 70 a scant half length,
Here Harvard made its bid for an
wen break in the forenoon races, and
" a sustained ~spurt forced the Grim
on tipped bow almost to even terms
With the speeding Ellis The Yale jun |
orr quickly scented the danger. With |
dditional heave and beat, the blue
he'll forged to tho fore. and with their |
iyals fast tiring under the strain of |
heir previous efforts the result OF the
cntest was quickly decided in the
nal half.mile.