New Britain herald., 1922-06-23
Yale Freshman and Junior Varsity Fights Decisively
 Defeated
Big Race Takes Place Late This Afternoon, Probably Around 6:3o O'clock Very Rough

Regatta Course. New London, June colors swept to the front in the fore noon races of the annual regatta with Yale here this morning when the Crimson freshmen and junior varsity eights defeated their New Haven ri- vals in two races over the two mile course.
 Yale Eight Swamps
 Rowing conditions were far from satisfactory, rough water causing the Yale freshman eight to swamp near the finish line of the first race while in the second contest between the jun for varsity eights the Harvard com bination was so superior that the race developed into a procession almost from the start.
 Water Was Rough
 Gray clouds overcast the sky and a heavy upstream wind chopped the waters of the Thames into angry patches wherever the wind hit witt full force when the freshmen shells appeared at the starting line for the initial contest. Despite the unsatis-
 
 lay at the start. the crews getting away at 10:45 with the Harvard first year oarsmen showing the way in the first few strokes
 Yale hurried her beat at the be- ginning and the Cambridge shell pro- fitting by her rivals ragged oarsman- ship, led by a quarter length at the end of the first quarter mile.
 Leads At Half Mile
 Harvard, rowing 39 to the minute, was almost a half shell length in the lead at the half mile with Yale beat ing a fiat 30. The Eli youngsters be- gan to put their backs into the stroke at this point and without raising the rythym, quickly overhauled their ri- vals, and at the end of the first mile had jumped into a half length lead still rowing a long, steady 30. Har- ward moved up the stroke to 34 and the effect was shown when the two shells hit rough water. The Harvard boat moved forward with evenness and headway but the Yale shell be- gan to slow up and was shipping water in large quantities at the one and one-half mile flags, where, Har- ward rowing 33 was almost a length ahead.
 Yale Men Overboard
 Spray rose in clouds from the Yale oars and was swept into the shell by the wind and as the craft became water logged the Blue slipped further back until about 200 yards from the finish the oarsmen were forced to jump overheard to prevent the shell from sinking. Yachts and launches clustered about the finish line quickly picked up the swimming oarsmen while Harvard rowed over the line a winner in the official time of II min l utes 19 seconds.
 Wind and water conditions inn proved trifle before the start of the junior varsity event which got under way at 11:o5. The Crimson second crew showed a regular sprint stroke at the start, beating the water at bet ter than 40, and shot into an imme- diate lead that continued to increase until the finish. Blue Drops Back. At the first half mile flags the Cam |
  more than two lengths and still main- ! tained 36 stroke with the evident in [ tent of killing off all opposition. Yale was beating a 32 and dropping slowly astern as Harvard with long | reach and snappy recovery sent the shell ahead on even keel with little loss of headway
 Both crews dropped the stroke near the mile but Harvard continued to gain especially as Yale on the east course found the water rougher than partly sheltered by the west shore. The Crimson appeared to feel that the race was won and dropped the beat to 3 at half mile from the finish and Yale by raising her stroke to 33 managed to creep up again until there was less than three engths separating the two eights. Here Harvard applied little more pressure to the leg drive and sweep ng evenly through the rough water, crossed the finish line fully three engths in the fore of the New Haven -ival. The official finishing times of he two shells was announced as: Harvard Il minutes, five seconds; Tale Il minutes, 16 seconds.
 Water Very Rough.
 Showers followed in the wake of { he morning races and the wind con- inued to whip the waters of the Thames until river men said that lnless there was a change with sun ,et conditions for the varsity four mile ace scheduled for late this afternoon, probably around 6:30 p. m, would not ,e much better than those that con ronted the oarsmen during the fore loon.