The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-21
YaIe Wins
GREAT BLUE CREW
 READY FOR OLYMPIC
Crimsons Put Up Game Scrap In Historic Con-
 F test. But Are Unable To Keep Pace

steam yachts which were anchored in an avenue along the last mile of the course, the inmates of the social regis ter kicked over their deck chairs and climbed the rails to scream or below, according to gender, and the sailors scrambled up the ratlines to dangle themselves in midair in abandonment of sea,going men.
 Rowed 32-Beat
 If it makes any one happy to know that Yale rowed about 32-beat most of the way, by all means let it be told This may sound very expert but 1t is not so hard to arrive at. You simply hold your watch and count the strokes for 15 seconds. Yale was pushing back eight scoops of tide-water every quar- ter minute most of the way down tn four-mile course, and did not seem to hasten or retard that stroke at any point.
 Harvard's number four appeared to be trying to bail out the river with his spoon during the first furlong of the race. Perhaps it was some other oars- man, however, for they were far away and all that could be seen was a con- tinual kick-up of spray about amid ships on the far side of the boat. Num- Der four, or whoever else it may have been, began to get his oar down into the tide after a while and the whole complement was rowing as effectively as possible with the stroke they have been taught when the real fight of the race was made. It is the opinion of ex- perts in rowing matters that Harvard's stroke involves waste of power.
 No One Swoons
 It is customary for one or two ath- letes to swoon dramatically as the shell crosses the line in a varsity race, always taking care not to fall out of the boat. Both Yale and Harvard neg lected this and, although they sat sway ing on the tide with their shells drawn almost alongside one another, all gulp- ing lungsfull of the evening air, none of them even wobbled. They finished exhausted, their strength all spent for the moment, but they were able to bring their boats about without difficulty aft CT a short breathing spell and to maneu- yer them to the float where they dis embarked.
 As the observation trains would back into the old whaling town small pro- portion of the thousands who had come from afar to see the race remained in town for an anaemic imitation of the old-time celebrations. There were some well fortified hips in the crowd and New London, unlike Cleveland, has no regu- lation against the sale of ginger ale and cracked ice.
 Much FurOre
 Automobiles went squawking through the old streets with blue balloons and blue pennants whipping in the wind and there may have been a few red-eyed youths in the crowd. But the doings ashore were terribly sedate to some of the older scholars, men who had known New London as a town without a lid. " ~s New London was becalmed by pro- hibition. There were rumors, however, of rough night on the ocean where a flotilIa of palatial steam yachts, some of them as big as tramp freighters, Jay beyond the range of Mole station. Pri- vate cars moored in the railroad yards also were said to be the scene of the old-style night time revelry.
 .1GObs Take Holiday
 The gobs at the New London subma- rine base took a busman's holiday, spending the afternoon on the water to