Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-24

ny The Associated Press,
n YEW LONDON. Conn. June "a
The sixtieth renewal of Amer
" ica's oldest intercollegiate row
1 ing classic today found Hair
ward for the first time in sever
wears, rated as an even favorite Will
Yale for their four-mile varsity race
over the picturesque Thames River
course.
Ideal weather conditions prevailed
early today for the regatta An over
night storm cleared up the murky ali
and the sun shone this morning upon
smooth racing lane. A light breeze
blew down the course.
Over six hundred yachts were
anchored in the harbor. This was be
lieved to be the largest fleet of yachts
ever assembled in a single port.
The climax event of the historic re-
gatta was fixed for 7:45 this eve
ming, daylight time. over the down
stream course from Bartletts Cove to
the New London Railroad Bridge.
Races, at two miles, between the
freshman and Junior varsity Fights
were arranged for the morning.
Throng Is on Scene.
A colorful crowd of race followers,
students and alumni of the two col
leges poured into New London on
special trains, palatial yachts, cruisers
and steamboats,, observation trains on
either side of the river afforded adj
vantages for several thousand specta-
tors, but the big majority camped
along the course or occupied more
luxurious points of vantage aboard
ships. The presence of big submarine
fleet off the New London naval base
added color to the marine picture.
The varsity battle, with Harvard s
stalwart eight primed for determin.
ed bid to break Yale's siX-year WIN
ming streak, was the topic wherever
rival rooters gathered. Shakeups in
Yale's crew, the early season defeat of
Yale by Princeton and a feeling that
Harvard was due for break" com.
bined to boost Harvard hopes, already
buoyed by the development Of Cam
bridge boatload of unusual power and
confidence, even if also of less strok-
ing smoothness and experience than
the men of Yale.
In Jack Watts of Morristown, n. j.,
Harvard stroke. and Tommy Tough.
lin of Providence, Yale pace setter,
both crews possessed men of fight
ing caliber, well qualified to keep the
beat UP and provide the driving power
for close and gruelling grind.
Yale's hopes of making it seven in
q row-something neither has ever
achieved-were based largely in the
confidence born of four years of sue
cess under the taciturn Ed Leader
and a system in which smoothness,
full application of power and con-
sistent drive have proved superior to
nearly all opposition in recent years.
This, Yale figured, would prove suffi-
cient to Offset Harvard's brawnier but
less smoothly harnessed power.
How They VIII Face.
Coaches Ed Leader and Ed B.
Brown, both taciturn but also optt-
mistic, declared their charges in ex-
cellent condition in announcing the
varsity boatings. as follows:
Yale-Coxswain, p. Stewart, New
Orleans: stroke, Tommy Laughlin,
Providence; No. z, E. B. Wardwell.
New York City; No. 6. d. T. Bartholo-
NEW, Ansonia, Conn; No. s. II. r.
Cannon. Detroit; No. 4, s. $. Quarter,
Short Hills, N. j.; No. 3. I'D. War
rem Buffalo; No. 2, B. w. Taylor, New
York City; bow. F. f. Robinson (cap-
tain, New York City.
Harvard-Coxswain. F. r. Sullivan,
Boston: stroke, Jack Watts, Morris
town, n. j.: No. Z, Guy Murchie, Ded-
ham, Mass; No. 6, Forester Clark.
Boston: No. s, Godfrey Plat leap.
tain), New York City: No. 4, w. g.
Saitonstall, Milton. Mass; No. 8. r. w.
Ladd, Milton, Mass; No. 2, Edwin
Farnham. Belmont, Mass; bow. Oliver
Ames, Boston.