The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-22
President SalU Son
 Co D0lvn 70 Defeat
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 Tho president watched tho row. ing from tho rofcreo's boat while Mrs Roosevelt, attended by their son, James, rode In tho wake Of tho crews aboard tho committed boat,
 JuniOr Blues Won Too
 Half m hour later tho Yale and Harvard Junior Varsity crows rowed over tho snmo course, Yale winning by three lengths In 9;a0.2 (offlolaD,
 Beeause of young Rooaevolt's presence In tho Harvard boat ehlef interest attached to tho freshman race,
 Tho Yale boat jumrsd to n quar- tor length lead at tho start, stretched 1t to n longth ut tho mile. stood off q powerful Harvard ehal- longo carly In he second milo with. out raising It's steady beat of 3d and finished pntirod.
 Young Roosevelt DeJected
 Young Roosevelt slumped for. ward, n picture of objection and fatigue, ns tho Harvard sholl Bplit the finish line. He releabed hif oar and rcatod his forebad on hia arms. Several othor men In the Crimson shell appeared spent. :.
 After a few moments. Roose'vett straiRhtoned up, waved ronhsurlns- ly to his father seated on tho Tore. doek of tho rofereo'B cruiser, ana the freahmon padded slowly back to their boat house.
 Heatenod by tho initial victory tho Jayveea rowed a heady, eonti' dent raco in the second event. Con- stantiy maintaining q boat Of . couple of notches over Harvnrds, Yalo drow away nt tho mile to show n few feet of open water. Not until tho last flow hundred yards did Yale open up and then U stretched tho aapce between the shells at every plunge of the biue' tipped oars.
 YnIo Crew Was steady
 Yale's Junior Varsity was nol only powerful but exceedinsiy smooth, whilo HarvardH bow had q tendency to buck In the ohoppy waters Of tho uppor Thames.
 Weather conditions were Ideal tho crows wero aided by toll windt not quito sovcro enough 10 inter' foro with good oarsmanship.
 HlO " ptt tsSt in tho Jayvco race b0ded well TOT tho Bjuo Varsity, which races thif ovoning. for this oight was bonton b VII iongth ana a half In a four. milo test with tho Varsity early thIs week.
 Tho Harvard freshmen were downeaat whom they slid up to ths landing and left tho shell. Eaet man seemed to feel terrific disnp' pointment ut having failed to give the president a winning race.
 Young Roosevelt didn't say. q thing" and appeared thoroughly blue, according to thOso who saw hlm.
 Saw Ills Son Beaten
 Aboard Presidential Yacht Sc, quola, Now London, Conn, June si -- (UP) --- President Roosevelt to' day saw e gallant Harvard fresh' mnn crew that Included his son Franklin, Jr. nosed out by Yale bs half n length. MT Roosevelt, who temporarilS shovod asid0 tho cares of office tt become Q Harvard rooter aghif was, of course, disappointed. bu' he took the defeat with q smile.
 Tt was an awfuiIy good race'' ho said.
 Tine president was aboard thu dodger, the roferee boat following cloSeiy !n tho wako of tho flashln nh shells as they skinned over th' Thames river hore to open tho three. race regatta between tho tive universities.
 unrbod in light clothes and hii | old battered white fisherman's hat he had a point of vantage on tht forward upper deck of the dodgeI to which he transferred from tht Sequoia shortly before the start o' the traditional contest. The president also remained aboard while the Junior Varslt, crews raced. That contest alst went to Yale, by bigger mhrsir than tho freshman race. Scores of yachts and q sprinkiini of Coast Guard cutters were m ths harbor with their complement o visitors for this annual classic. Tns Sequoia was moored half mil' from tho finish line in . place o vantage.
 MT Roosevelt yesterday met th' crews of the Harvard and fal' Varsity, Junior Varsity and Fresh man eights to chat with them Q the empending contest. They cant aboard the sequoia at hts invita ton. ..8
 The sequoia will remain tn floating White House until tomor row when Mir Roosevelt come ashore to motor to his HudsoI vallcy home at Hyde Park. Y. Y There he will remain until Monda' night when he entrains for wash ington.
 Tho president arrived here yes terday from Now Haven and spen