Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-07-24
General News.
The University Race,
DECISION OF TIE REFEREE.

DECISION OF THE REFEREE.
SrRINGFIELD, Mass. July Is. The Re
gatta Committee OF the Rowing Associa-
ton Of American Colleges held . final
meeting in this city, this morning, when
the referee, Mr.. J. 9. BabcOck, announced
his official decision regarding the position
of the first. second. third and last boats In
the University race yesterday as follows
Yale first. Wesleyan second, Harvard
third, Williams last.
THE FIELD"
Respecting the position OF the other
boats, about which there was some dis
pute, the referee decided to reserve his
decision until after the receipt of "A written
report from each OF the eleven Judges
giving their individual observations and
opinions respecting the positions of the
several boats. As several of the Judges
have gone home this decision will not be
made for several days.
TIE CHAMPION FLAGS
for the University race which. by blunder.
were handed TO the Harvard crew aud
started at once for Cambridge were re-
turned this morning, aud placed in the
hands of the victorious and joyous Yale
crew.
prom the spring deId Republican
Ii was nearly half-past ;. however. before
the first OF the university crews (CornclN ap-
pcarcd. and = good haf-hour was consumed hs'-
forr II" remaining boats were in ANYTHING like
position. The Bowdoin and Columbia crews
were promptly ont, and the Amherst, Agricul-
tural and Wesleyan crews were only a few
minutes later The Dartmouth men also came
up without unnecessary delay. but Yale and
/ Harvard were slower In putting of, while
| Williams and Trinity. the latter Of whom who
/ hal previously pllucd up 10 the Williams quar-
| tcr-. were extremely slow In getting ont al
/ though situated Just at the start. By the time
the last crew was in position it was six O'Clock,
just two hour, later than the race had been AN
/ nounc'd IL start. Once out, however. little
time a lost in getting into line. thanks To III =
| adoption Of the wise plan II holding all the
| boats at the start, and soon after six O'Clock,
| everything was ready and all were waiting for
! the final ''go." The water lay like glass. and.
| a. far down the eve could distinguish. not a
ripple marrtd the surface Of the water, unlc> .
| the fast latteninx undulaiions caused by the
| passage down Of the referees boat, on board
\ which Mr.. Babcock had come again AFTER the
/ freshman race, could be d'gnifcd by that namc.
A. the Is strong oarsmen bent forward for
| the woni the whole great crowd stood silent
! aud with bated breath a though fearful of dis
turbing the contestants by much = a whs-
/ per. Their suspense. however, WA, OF short
duration, for At -iy minutes past o'clock.
/ the starter. Mr.. r. G.. Brown IL the Nassau
/ boat club gave the ''Arc you r-ady-go." and
( then commenced til. most magnificent a4uaic
/ spectacle ever witnessed In this country. At
the word, Harvard and Bowdoln shot slightly
/ in advance, the former pulling forty two stroke
! per minute with the slide and the latter u
strokes without 1t. Yale could hardly be con
sid'rrd A. behind, nor were any Of the others
pcrccptbly ia the rear the first - strokes cI-
I cept Trinity and Williams who fc ut once Ia
( the rear. To the surprise Of all, the much talk
/ al Of and dreaded aiming OF all the crew, for
The channel on the western shore did not take
! place. but all the boats but \ ale and Williams
commenced 10 work Immediately AMI pcrcrpti-
| bly, toward the eastern -horv. Down the
course they came like mct,ors, their relative
/ Position, shifting constantly, excepting those OF
| llarN ard and Williams, who Kept frst and
! last. respectively Now the Bowdoiu men
would show ahead for an instant, A. their
/ stroke Put On more steam. but, AZ the tr,mcH-
| dou, pace exhausted them they would fall
| back, aud another in turn would struggle "a
/ get ahead.
! The powerful sweep Of the Dartmouth men.
who started of somewhat eXcitedly, but soon
stcAdlcd Ia their work, carried them steadily
! out Of the bunch OF slower crew, and placed
/ them short second behind Harvard - the
! boats sped hv the first haif-mile nag, while
neither Of the boat, could show clear water be-
I tween their sterns ami \ alcs bow. and \ ale In
! turn wa, closely pressed By Columbia, Cornell
and Amherst. AZ the mile station Harvard
Wa still lcahng, with the Aggir-" second and
! Yale. Cornell, Columbia anil Amherst In a
/ csiet an and Trinity quarters and entered III"
last half Of the race the sight WAS simply grand.
Up 10 this point, the iiars ard crew had l.-i tn
/ van continuously from the start, and. for tn,
/ last quarter Of \ mile. had shown clear water
I ani given her wash Ia several OF the othc r
/ crews - cln-,-jN were they punched together.
AMI "a near behind. But as they swept round
/ IN" bend and entered on the home stretch an
entire change came over the aspect of the race.
" 10 this time all the crews but ! ale and
tn ca-f "a. sad seGs t9gether md pulled well On
the outer edge, or Agswam side Of thc bunch
/ e'i crews, Yale was directly In the current
where her bow with excellent kill AMI Iu,y-
| ment had kept her from the start aud Am
hrrHt IN the same channel, only trihc NOR in
shorc. rom TN. point, however. the raca.
wa, divided into three parts Trinity and
| iliiaIn- hal been out of the race for SOM
| time, aud for the rest Of the way were content
| Ia hold their own without morr extraordinary
| cNertion The tremendous pace hal also pref
/ " thoroughly ",lone up most Of the other
| crews Ia such an extent they could only lust
/ keep II up and could not increase it. They had
! done their best and could do no more A. soon
! n TINS was evident, Capt, Cook, following out
| the line Of policy he had adopted before start
| ing. II only trying % force the leading boat,
| over the first two miles, without striving for
| the lead himself. called on his crew for their
| reserve strength. The response wa, instant,
| ana IN dozen strokes the blue was even with
| the magenta and in dozen more hal gained
| the lead. Then the W.slryAn- who had pur-
/ SUI similar policy, let themselves out. and
| the! too lrit the cluster AMI ranged ~ nearly
even with the leading boats.
Ani now came the grande-t part Of all that
/ grand struggle. With nerve aud powrT
SIMPLY wonderful. capt. Dana aud hts crew
raised their stroke again sDd made one uf Tie.
most magnificent bursts uf speed ever wiinr,,-
/ 81 - college rowing. hut tn steady tl..k-
I ik" work Of TN ale rnrn, and the telling pow
er u their scientific stroke, w.r- to- much for
| even liar, arl dash, ami the blue sun showed
ahead. Then the W.slr aus, with a powerful
| chVrt, cent their Prov ahead II Harvard, and
almost neck and neck the three boats rushed
toward The goal. But TIA" strength of the Har-
ward men was sI-nt. ami with a few more
grand strokes the \ ale men crossed the line
ahead. The great race was won, and for the
frsi time since l>.5 the blue waved triumuhan,
above the magenta. while tn. lavender held
the -eco nd play.