Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-21 | Page 15 | Rosevelt Will See Son Rowing on Harvard Frosh

Roosevelt Will See Son Rowing on Harvard Frosh Harvard Varsity Covers Covet Course in Fine T Time But ButS S Experienced Eli Shell Is Favored Interest S Rims Runs High in Races I By EDWARD J. J NEIL Associated Press Sports Writer NEW LONDON Conn June 21 The 21 The quiet sleepy old port of at New London famed for the part It played in early carly American seagoing history and and the fact that here Harvard and Yale row four lour miles mUes every year stirred with c excitement T Thursday stich such as it hasn't known in decades There were but two topics o of con con- The one still foremost in inthe inthe inthe the citizens' citizens minds was the impending impend Impend- in ing visit of President Roosevelt elt for lor forthe forthe the regatta in which his son Franklin Frank Frank- lin un D. D Jr will vill pull the No 0 6 oar oaf Inthe Inthe in inthe the Harvard freshman shell Friday morning Th The other was the startling performance of or the Harvard varsity on jn the eve of the seventy second meeting of these ancient rowing rivals a performance that completely revised a situation that previously had made Yale's sprint champions a solid favorite In the dusk of Wednesday evening the Harvard varsity that hasn't won von wona vona a race all year at two miles mUes rode a flooding tide down th the placid Thames and was clocked in a surprise mile four workout at 20 minutes 44 45 5 second seconds This was considerable back of the record of or 2002 made by bythe bythe bythe the 1916 Crimson eight It wasn't as asgood asgood asgood good as the 2044 these same Harvard huskies stroked by Sam Drury a junior made last Saturday in an n official oUI cial time trial But the manner in which it was done was most impressive Conditions were better than they probably will be for forthe the race Rains of the past few days have swelled the surface water bringing an exceptionally exception ally fast running tide There was a alight alight alight light following n breeze for two miles and the weather was perfect Ham Bissell coxswain of the past three successive victorious crews now coaching at Exeter academy in New Hampshire steered the Harvard shell Eddie Litchfield varsity ty cox watched from the coaches' coaches launch President Roosevelt's official yacht Sequoia was due to anchor of off here during the day The craft was cruising cruising cruis cruis- ing Long Island sound Wednesday y night after alter putting a pretty question of double allegiance up to the chief executive First president to visit the regatta since another Roosevelt Theodore sat in the White House President Roosevelt a Harvard man was awarded an honorary degree by Yale Wednesday to further complicate the situation His son is one of the S SS S 5 i I i I I e V l r 1 I I I d L. L J F. F D. D ROOSEVELT JR staunchest members of ot the Harvard freshman eight that rows Yale Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day morning along with the meeting of oC the junior varsities while the varsity varsity var sity classic is scheduled for E E. S. S T T. Thursday evening