Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-24
Yale Cantain Elected.
HARVARD WINS WHEN
 VALE FRESHMAN SHELL SINKS

Regatta Course, New London, June 23-(By the A. P)-Harvard colors swept to the front in the forenoon races of the annual regatta with Yale here this morning when the crimson freshmen and junior varsity eights defeated their New Haven rivals in two races over the two-mile course.
 Rowing conditions were far from satisfactory, rough water causing the Tale freshmen eight to swamp near the finish line of the first race, while in the second contest between the junior varsity eights the Harvard combination was so superior that the race developed into a procession al- most from the start.
 Gray clouds overcast the sky and a heavy upstream wind chopped the v-aters of the Thames into angry tches wherever the wind hit with i full force when the freshmen shells ] appeared at the starting line for the 1 initial contest. Despite the unsatisfac- f tory conditions there was little delay i at the start, the crews getting away at 10.45 with the Harvard first year oarsmen showing the way nj the first 1 few strokes.
 ] Yale hurried her boat at the begin ming and the Cambridge shell profit | ing by her rivals ragged oarsman- I end of the first quarter mile. l Harvard, rowing 32 to the minute was almost half a shell length in the l lead at the half mile, with Yale beat l ing flat 30. The Eli youngsters be- ! gan to put their backs into the stroke 1 at this point and without raising the l rhythm quickly overhauled their ri i vals and at the end of the first mile had jumped into a half length lead. ] still rowing with a long steady 30. i Harvard moved up the stroke to 34 | and the effect was shown when the | two shells hit rough water. The liar yard boat moved forward with even ness and headway, but the Yale shell | began to slow up and was shipping water in large quantities at the 1 Ia ! mile flags, where Harvard, rowing 33, was almost a length ahead. Spray rose in clouds from. the Yale oars and was swept into the shell by the wind and | as the craft became waterlogged, the | Blue slipped further back until about | POO yards from the finish, the oars men were forced to jump overheard to 1 prevent the shell from sinking. Yachts and launches clustered about the fin nish line quickly picked up the swim over the line winner in the official time of II minutes, 19 seconds.
 Junior Varsity Race
 Wind and water conditions improv- ed a trifle before the start of the junior varsity event. which got un- der way at 11:25. The Crimson sec ond crew slowed a regular sprint stroke at the start, beating the water at better than 40, and shot into an immediate lead that continued to in- crease until the finish.
 firSf ba1 voiIo
 bridge crew had an advantage of more than two lengths and still maintained S6 stroke, with the evident intent of killing off all opposition. Yale was beating S2 and dropping slowly as- tern, as Harvard, with long reach and snappy recovery, sent the shell ahead
 on an even keel and with little los, of headway.
 Both crews dropped the stroke neal
 the mile, but Harvard continued fl
 gain, especially as Yale on the eas
 course found the water rougher thar
 Harvard, partly sheltered by the wes
 shore.
 The Crimson appeared to feel tha
 the race was won and dropped tn,
 beat to 31 at half a mile from tn
 finish and Yale, by raising her strok to 33, managed to creep up again. in
 til there was less than three length
 separating the two eights. Here liar
 yard applied little more pressure t
 the leg drive and sweeping event.
 through the rough water, crossed tn
 finish line fully three lengths in tn
 fore of the New Haven rival. The of
 ffcial finishing times of the two shell
 was announced as Harvard, II min
 utes, 5 seconds; Yale, Il minutes, l
 seconds.