Evening star., 1933-06-17
Of HARVARD
CREW DEFEATS Ellis.
Long Distance, Rough Water
Suits Crimson as 1t Wins
Third Year in Row.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.


n YEW LONDON, Conn, June
M 17.-Wherever the urge
l Y might be today to burst
into melodious strains of
Fair Harvard" there were sung,
too, the praises of black-haired
Gerry" Cassidy and the rest of
the Crimson's mighty eight-oared
varsity crew, victorS over Yale for
the third successive year in the
4-mile classic of American college
rowing.
Cassedy stroked his last great race
for Harvard last evening over the
choppy waters of the historic Thames
River and made 1t song Of triumph
such as the Crimson cohorts have not
enjoyed in 20 years. Behind him were
four crewmates, all nemesis to Yale's
rowing prestige over a four-year varsity
as the heavyweight Harvard varsity
came from behind to administer a sound
beating to the Ellis, within the last half
mile by full length and half
Altogether, seven Of the Cambridge
eight were rowing their last race
against Yale, along with Coxswain
Henry Bissell, and they combined to
leave no doubt about the outcome, once
the crisis was reached within sight
of the finishing line In rough water
conditions that were simply made to
order for q boatload averaging 1877
pounds Der man. This Harvard crew had
stamina and power ito burn" in the
closing drive, . thriller for one of the
smallest, but most enthusiastic crowds
that has ever watched the colorful
regatta.
VALE set the pace for nearly 3h
L miles of the long pull from Bart
let's Cove to the Railroad Bridge.
The Ellis stroked by a youngster from
Colorado Bill Garnsey, held a one
length lead most Of the time and re-
pulsed Harvard's first big move, around
the third mile, but the conditions, the
distance and the ruggedness of their
opposition proved too much for the boys
in blue. When Cassedy, SaltonstaA.
quarter their broad backs to the
decisive test, there was not enough
power left In the Eli craft to match
them.
The gap OF open water between the
two shells was widening fast as Harvard
swept under the bridge, covering the 4
miles against headwind In % min
utes 1875 seconds, the slowest winning
time since 1920. Yale was clocked in
22:534s.
The varsity gave Harvard two VIC
tories in three races. After Yale's un-
defeated freshmen pulled easily to a
flve-length triumph over the somewhat
disorganized Harvard yearlings, victims
OF an early Grab" the Crimson Junior
varsity came from behind with a rush
to beat the Eli "Jayvees" by a half
length In an exciting sprint. The two
preliminary races were over q 2-mile
distance.
MOT since q pre-war winning streak
~ has Harvard enjoyed three straight
over Yale In the big race. The
"Cassedy crew." coached by a former
Syracuse oarsman, Charles Whiteside,
turned back an overwhelming Blue tide
which, under the continuing impetus OF
Ed Leaders coaching, had accumulated
nine varsity victories In 10 successive
years. Cassidy also stroked his fresh
man crew to triumph over Yale, 30 that
this 21-year-old Cambridge youth never
has known what it felt like to trail the
Ellis.
Both Harvard and Yale now have
their rowing prows pointed westward,
UTedkulS pTeCeOeuI, DuC CdSSeQy won
be among the oarsmen to leave the end
of this month, along with q Cornell
crew, for the national intercollegiate re-
gatta with three Pacific Coast rivals on
the Long Beach, Calf, Olympic course
July 8. The Harvard stroke and most
of his heavyweight champions, devel-
oped for distance work, have rowed
their last race.
Harvard's crew for the Western trip
will be made up mostly from the
"Jayvee" boatload that whipped Yale
1t is better equipped for the shorter
races, but probably will be reorganized
to include two members Of the big boat
Capt. .-elect Bradford Simmons, No. 3,
and Benjamin Bacon, No. 6.
Crimson as well as Eli oarsmen will
60 back into training next week for the
Western expedition. Yale's entire var
sity and junior varsity boatloads will
report back for work before the COM
bination Is picked for Long Beach.
Meanwhile Cornell's head coach, Jim
Wray, who was a spectator at yester-
days regatta, disclosed he had re-
organized his Ithacans and developed
speedy combination he feels sure will
give good account Of itself over the
2,000-meter distance.