Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-06-28
2l:45,
THE TIMeIT TOOK HARVARD TO DE-
FEAT COL UMBIA.
Another Big Event on Toronto Bay-A Re-
markabIe Game Of Base Ball at
notwithstanding Of the
Various League Clubs
Brief Notes.
FAIRS 10 Be HE'LL IN THIS VICINITY.
HARVARD-COLUaBIA.

Harvard Wius.y Tnres Lengths Tim ,
| 2l:45; 90 um bia Also
Nkw l-oSD,>, Conn June 27.-rhr
race Of four miles between the Harvard
aud Columbia College crews Was won
bv Harvard by three lengths. llar
vris time 81 :45; Columbia q 80
Tue morning fog left the atmosphere
heavy and damp. which acted like wet
blanket upon the spirits OF partisans
| OF the two crews, and the course pre-
| sented q poverty spectacle, compared
with former occasions. There were no
gaily decked yachts lining the water
way, no steamers covered with bunting,
no deafening upCar OF steam whistles
and cannon, no enthusiasm, in fact,
nothing but the lines whic. marked
the course. Columbia was on the line
and waiting nearly fifteen minutes be-
fore the Harvard crew rowed into posi-
ton. Harvard discarded their white
shirts at the start
Harvard Took Hold Of the Water First,
and got a slight advantage. A most de-
termined struggle then ensued for a
half mile, and Harvard by the hardest
kind OF work had secured half length
advantage at its finish. Her coxswain
was apparently laboring as hard any OF
the oarsmen. Harvard was now conf.
dent OF success, and at the close OF
the tull mile, which was covered
in five minutes, she was clear OF Colum-
bia and still going well. There seemed
to be no question as TO how the race
would result. The Harvard coxswain,
after passing the mile flag, carried his
boat over to the east shore, losing some
distance. Columbia was thus enabled
to close up the gap OF nearly two lengths,
80 that at the one and three quarter ml!es
he
New York Crew Was on Level With
and Just beyond this point the PROV OF
Columba's shell went TO the front.
Brandeges called cn his crew for rally,
and they responded so that at the sec
ond mile flag Harvard was again lead
ing, having made half the journey in
1914. AS the crews passed the Navy
Yard a magnificent spurt took place,
but Harvard had the race in hand, now
farther and farther draw until at the
third flag, which was reached exactly In
10 minutes, the crimson capped crew
was
Three Open Lengths Ahead.
At three and hall miles the Harvard
was between three and four lengths in
advance. few Harvard men on the
shore and in launches following were
cheering vociferously az the crews ap
preached the regatta point, where the
crowd had increased to 500 or 600 per |
" and hit up a stroke OF "A. The Har.
ward responded with AZ, with which
the race was opened. Both crews
went past the line at rattling pace
amid cheers of the spectators.
Harvard's timo for the four miles is u
minutes and As seconds. and Columbias
q minutes and 50 seconds. Directly as
the Columbia crew crossed line No. :,
Edredse, who was not in his best form
at the stait, was seen to weaken. tie
had rowed 30 pluckily through the race
that when the excitement OF the contest
had ceased he was completely exhausted
and tainted. Restoratives were given
him, but he did not seem to revive and
at last was removed from the boat and
taken ashore in the Columbia launch.