New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17

The winning &uahSfS got WretchCd
.tsrt in the varsity eight event. but
ssrrht they way gamely to even terms
Il the mile and surged into the lead
an the last quarter. to increase their
distance gradually to the close.
Yale. on the other hand, got away
badly in the bout between tho second
s;chts. hut Stroke Leslie reused his
s;sht into frenzy half way down
ths course and they literally tore into
he lead in the last half-rnile, winning
h minutes 17la seconds. The Quak-
srs reserves breezed across the line
n minutes & seconds.
Yale Oarsnea collapse
In the Yale first eight. Halde.,sr. 40.
collapsed at the finish, but after
wing fat in the she'll for five minutes,
,syiSed and was able to help pull the
shell to shore. In the losing Quaker
second varsity eight bow and No.
we're exhausted. but did not collapse.
Stroke Heminway, OF the Yale reg
MARS. did not collapse, but was forced
"a let down at the big dam, across the
river from Derby. Nearly 10 900 per-
sons saw the events from the high
bluffs on each side. Shelton Park fur
nishng a standing vantage for the
largest number. An observation train
carrying a thousand persons, includ-
ing 500 undergraduates from the Bull
dog and Quaker universities, followed
the Fights down the course.
The races were rowed in literal
Scotch mist and the course could not
be discerned half a mile al.ead by the
cleared of craft and the shells ran no
danger of collision.
Yale Wins the Toss
Yale won the toss and took the west
course in both races, but this advan-
age did not yield victory in the prin-
cpal event, because of something of an
accident in the Eli eight after it had
secured what appeared to be com
Portable lead at the first half mile.
Coach Guy Nickalls declined to dis
pened in the Eli shell and to the Eli
stroke after the favorable start. Coach
Joe Wright, of the Pennsylvania
crews, made no secret of his admira-
ton for the plucky spirit of his var
sity eight, who stuck doggedly to the
fast-Aying Els after the Quakers had
made poor start. He said that it was
highly satisfactory regatta.
Starting the second eight race, the
heavy Quaker crew got away to clear
cut lead at q. So stroke, to Yale's 35
Copeland, the 1S5-pound stroke of the
Quakers. found the pace too hot to last
and dropped down to 80 at the three
quarter mile. Yale's stroke was rowet
through the body of the race at 33
finishing a 81.
Yale Gets Away Fast
Yale got away at a 35-clip in the
hrst varsity eight race, but Pennsyl-
yania. stroked by 145- pound Mitchell
tcrcely contested the lead at the half
mile, when Yale had dropped to 33
hitchelPs game contest rowed Yale t.
its limit, the Eli stroke dropped to 3
and the Quakers raised their clip t,
50 for the last half mile.
Pennsy lvania's time in the winning
varsity eight event was minutes
seconds; that of the Yale losers,
minutes 8 seconds.
The second Fights were started TO
their race about o'clock, and it wa
half an hour later before Referee Bo
Herrick, of Harvard, shot away tn
first Fights, who finished their rae
at $50 o'clock.
The races were rowed downstream
with a heavy natural river current
which was swollen by recent rains.
The record for the Henley distanc
is 6 minutes 33 seconds, created in
practice row last week by the Yal
crew, which to-day lost the race il
half minute slower time.