New-York tribune., 1922-06-24
Ills Spurl Early and Main
IainLead; HarvardFresh-
men and Juniors Win
,cssu'o's ne" '''. 90

N|nnhnp'o Ht" 80 ~
plain to even me most ardent Harvard
sympathIbers that the day was Yals's
Al this point the open water advantage
was half boats length and growing
rapidly Two lengths of Thames water
separated the crews AZ Che three mile
aag and another bali length was added
in the final rush.
The drive 60 thc finish was made
through "a notil'a Of yachts az an fc.
scripiions. ihe biggest ard most frantic
~ which vas Mr Payne whitney, sea
going houseboat Whileaway. This is fhe
ship that has spent many days on the
Thames watching over the lost cause
that was supposed 90 be housed at
Gates Ferry Small wonder that hef
siren opened up with Wild and pro-
longed shrek az the Yale varsity swept
across the line 90 an unhOred fof
victory.
Race Rowed Up Stream
A gorgeous rainbow OF n thousand
colors made great arch over the
Thames at the finish line and rs dom
nant shades showed wide band %
dark blue above a streak 0f Grim son,
Tho race was roWed up stream and
under almost perfect weather enndl'
tions. and while there was an incomin Z
tide IL apparently did not DO mnen
toward making ias- TINE.
The men Boz both boats were IN re
markably good shape AZ the finish. \
wear aRo Yale rOwed 90 a victory tha'
ieft sixteen oarsmen fat on their backs
This afternoon only Brown, the mar
vard stroke. showed signs o. collapse
lie sank back into 'he arms % the mar
bahind him but dozen handfuls OF
water tossed over him by the eoNs"aif
brought quick recovery.
DR.. Howe's System Fails
Brown rowed splendid race and
yava All he had. but 10 was apparent
that the Anglo-American style taught
bv Or. Howe was no match for th'
deem. straightaway drive that had beer
odontoA bv George C0rderry. The liar
/ vard stroke was shallow and given 10
considcrable splashing. In feathorni
ard spacinQ The work Of Yale wa
niainly superior and % was obvious
! that Corderry had implanted the ide'
of power In this she'll
Harvard won the junior varsity race
rovcd over two-mile course, and ais'
,ook tho freshman event when fale
boat sank when In the lead 40 th'
mile flag.
Freshman Race Thrilling
Tho freshman and junior varsit;
wants we're rowed before noon and
there was as much interest taken ~
them as there was in the varsity race
These shells rowed down stream, siaf'
ING east OF Gales Ferry and crossing
The finish line of the submarine. base
II l. understood that the idea Of 70"
/ inc the preliminary races IN the morn
/ inc was DR.. Howe's. Whether II was
f GOOD scheme or bad one may be pes
, Judged BY the results
The freshman struggle provided
climax that would have won a thri!
from the most sophisticated movie
operator The Yale freshmen, swing
inc ragged oars and depending solel!
on a spirit OF grit. went out into th'
/ lead Al the start and held q small al
vantage until their she'll sank undel
them.
/ biowing when tho freshmen were sem
away. and IL rufled the water 10 tha'
point where slapping waves were breaS
Inc over the weather rail If racing
she'll could be said 20 have rail.
Boola TO the Rescue
Just what happened in tho Yale
freshman boat is still something Of =
mystery. but il is fact that the boat
appeared 70 fold up shortly after tho
mile mark had been passed and left hen
crew Aoundering in the rapidly moving
current Of the Thames. II was greal
picture. and that no lives were lost i'
duo 10 the fact that the Boola. the Yale
coaching launch was standing by and
under the direction OF George and jim
Cordcrry, picked up the crew and cox
swain.
To Yale sympathizers who have FOL
lowed Loyalty the Blue crews througi
two seasons Of defeat the thing was
disaster. II was rare enough spec
tacle 10 see these Yale youngsters row
ing away from Harvard, and thel
looked so much like winners that th'
fans in the following observation
trains had already started 10 SETTLE
bets At the mile flags u didn't seen
possible that Harvard could win-an'
then came the smash that brought The
contest to a sudden and dramatic close