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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1913
Page
7
Immense crowd watches as the Crimson finish ten lengths ahead of Yale after a long cannon signal. The New London race, once billed as a close contest, turns into a procession as spectators depart disappointed rather than witnessing the anticipated thrill.
President Wilson and his official family will move to a Summer White House in New Hampshire. The Sunday Post promises details on how he will live and govern the nation from that location.
A scholar discovers ancient Egyptian paintings. copies are held by a Boston man. The exhibit will show how the people dressed and appeared, marking a first in America for these ancient works.
Society leaders in New England embrace a new craze dancing the tango on roller skates. The Sunday Post tomorrow details who participates and why this fashion has captured high society.
A compact panorama of wedding customs both locally and abroad. The piece notes quaint ceremonies following marriages as luck givers, with examples of notable couples participating in these traditions.
Harvard fans celebrate a clean sweep as Harvard varsity and freshman crews defeated Yale in tight races at New London. The crowd of up to 50,000 watched Harvard edge Yale by a slim margin in the four mile river race with Chandler handling Harvard’s stroke duties and Jim Wray lauded for transforming Cambridge rowing.
Charles Nelson Snowden of Pittsburg was tonight re-elected captain of Yale crew for another year. Though a senior, he did not graduate, opting to stay for Yale another year. He stroked the varsity eight last year and rowed No 2 this year, prepared at St Pauls Concord School, 22 years old, 156 pounds, six feet tall. Yale banquet after today’s race closed the Eli season with plans for next year postponed.
Laura Maller, a special Brazilian ambassador, sent a telegram of congratulations to Prof Archibald Coolidge and the Harvard crew after their boat race victory over Yale. The message praises the team and asks it be shared with its members.
Harvard varsity eight finished ahead yesterday to clinch six straight victories over Yale on the river. The record shows six wins in six meetings, crediting the Wray system with the dominant performance against Yale and Oxford, England, in the crew rankings.
Harvard and Yale rowed a gripping four mile Thames race with Harvard taking an early lead and maintaining it through powerful splits. The Crimson finished in 21m 42s, nine lengths ahead of Yale which collapsed to finish in 22m 20s as exhausted Eli crew members staggered ashore and were aided by onlookers.
Harvard crews won both preliminary races at the New London regatta, defeating Yale in the varsity four-oared and the freshman eight. Despite bad weather, the Crimson led the Eli from start to finish, earning early momentum for the annual event.
New London June 20 Today's varsity race was a procession and a repetition of last year with Harvard failing to adapt to a new system. The Blue showed little form while Harvard's crew, though strong, could not make up the needed edge and the race ended in a disappointing finish.
Quimby Reynolds was named captain of Harvard's varsity crew at a banquet in Red Top. Reynolds, a 1914 class member from Montclair New Jersey, rowed No 3 in his freshman year and last year in the varsity eight. He is 23, 168 pounds, and six feet eleven and a half inches tall.
Capt Capul reports a decisive win after Yale rowers Captain Snowden and Stroke Crocker kept pace for a mile before Yale was beaten. Abeles commends Yale crew and stresses his team’s strength and triumph.
Captain C N Snowden offered congratulations to the victorious crew after an unusually strong opponent left them behind. He cited a failure to maintain strokes and no excuses, simply praising the winners.
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