New Britain herald., 1930-06-21
YALE ENDS FIFTH
 UNBFATEN SEASON
Blue OarSnen I11iCt Decisive
 Defeat on Harvard Eight

New London. Conn. June 21 t3t- With ]. char3cL4rlstlc exhibition Of dazzling spead and unbeatable pow CT, Yale has closed another trlum- phant varsity ronlng campaign on the intercollegiate seas-the fifth unbeaten season for the Blue in e!ght wears of coaching by Edward 0 Leader. whose middle inltlal may just as well stand for oarsmansh!p, f not Omnlpotence, 90 far as Har- yard and the crew world ls con- cerned
 Harvard pIth ! fine show Of ability. swept to victory n the t"o preliminary races Of the annnal re- gatta on the Thames rIVcr Tester- day. for freshman and junior var sitv crews, only 10 absorb a decisive defeat in the evening from one Of the finest Of Ed Leaders great col lection of varsity boatloads.
 For the third straight year and for the nInrn time in ten wears Yale outroned its old rival ln the classic eour-nile pull dourstre2nl from Bartlett's Cove to the railroad b-Id-e. there to TeccIve the thur- derous acclaim and tribute earned by q magnificent exhibition ot oars manshlp
 Yale vas 2 prohibitlve taForlte Q 7-ln and did so handsomely Tha Els led virtually all the way and crossed the finish by the substantial margin ot five and q half lengths. at the expense Of Harvard crew that ras game to the core but outclass- ed by q superb machine motivate b. eight thoroughly synchronlze young automatons.
 The most striking evidence Of Tale's ability vas the fact that II rored the second fastest four mile: Il tha history Of the regatta. which dates back to the dlm days Of 135- and has witnessed altogether G varsity races within that period marked by only Q few interruption; ot competitive rivalry The Els s.roked hy the powerful Woodruff Tappen Of Pleasantv1lle. \. Y ant explained by Gus Blagden Of Green 7Ich. Conn covered the four mile II 20 minutes. 2 2-5 seconds.
 This vas less than eight second short Of the course record, set b Narvard's victorious 1915 crew bu snrouded in some dispute as 10 1t accuracy Certainly. If there ha been 5 finer performance than yes terdaF's by any previous boatload not even excepting the world championship Els of 1924, t IS diff dcult to recall There was not
 missed beat. not flaw, in strokIn precision nor in racing judgment, 2 this 1880 Blue gem of the colleg ocean swept down to triumph
 Leader first came to New Have m 1923 and coached four slceesslT undefeated varsity crews from 1aZ through 1926 before the streak va finally broken by Princeton on Lak Carnegie in 1927. Harvard also con quered the Blue that year. Callfor ma outroned the 1925 varsity in tn Olympic trials and Columbia bed the 1929 array on the Housat toni river at Derby. This year. Leade again turned out an all-conquerln varsity. victor over Columbia, th
 1929 Poughkeepsie winner, as we as Pennsylvania. Cornell, Princeto , and Harvard Yale at least can claim I share (
 national champ pionshlp honors. c
 the strength Of this record. althoug
 1t may well he disputed next Thur' ! day by the winner of the nine-cre j varsity classic al Poughkeepsie. el } pecially if it is Washington, now tt only other unheaten crew in tn ' country
 Harvard. although decisiyriy h=a'
 en in the main engageme Of tn years naval battle. emerged troG