The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-27

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tia nrsi encounter in tho history Of Harvard
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sionsi and the regular Harvard stroke; Ayein.
tiyene %" Of heavy and iisht.wsixhi crows fcr
short .distance rowing; and gave data ior sst,-
Inv crews In thu coming class races and In the
Harvard ale raco:
~ nT the s. .s ~ e nsy .ase
italy from the regular Harvard stroke ana ana
srs 20 az The 'aSfs
point about this new, stroke Is that Il 4 much
iaaier than the ono which the other crews still
.mpIoysd. Tie sdvsniaSs eainlsi Is tint more
nser sn m Sscf sn %as
show u this claim WIS valid one. The senior
msn mem without rsccivna any detrimsnt from, lis
i.i1rs Tor nro6a6ly none o, iis ~ men VII eyer
this year. This years crew is also an excep-
tona lly good ona to experiment WITH, Eighty;
four has never won a race since In college. aud
complish this result will be regretted. and
boating can bear witness to tho enthusiasm OF
When at Just s isl. tho word was given neither
tho varsity got tho water first and went along
smoothly With about uirly.six strokes to the
minute. The seniors ut once took thcir quick
remarkSS!e precision forty limos in tho arst
Kept : slight iead"not ten feet at any time
but "a Rugged them tcnaciously Then the
presty to hs ,srs and tber II 'a saysa 1T during
the rest Of the first mile. After tho first nerv-
Gus tension Of the start tho crew. seemed to
the varsity seemed 70 lose its snap md vim.
Their boat piled badly. and the time was not
and the saniors dropped of three or four to the
minute. At tho end of . mile the, varsity woke
tho seniors Int her up little. and the varsity lily
Loud was speedily reduced BY a few fcot. Then
the quick stroke began to tell on tho seniors
Only u half mio was left when the racers
spar,ed. The seniors won't up to forty again
much ahead Of their quick opponents. The
bow in the senior shell spite q ali their e exor
tons. and with no ference In their Respective
places they REACHED the Union boat house.
The varsity had beaten by thrce-uuarters of u
=, The. ,seeniors had dono nobly. and have not
and In excellent form. They have shown that
the quick stroke IL not a failure in short
distance racing. and that for u distance OF u
mile and seyen-eigths the heavy crew has
worry slight advantages. Faulkner has taught
He followed along by them in a four .oar.
ami. though his boat started ahead OF tho
competing crews, he WIS not far behind at the
end and ms the four mon did not seem to work
very hard this fnct. too. Is significant. Tho
varsity crew never rows in good form at this
time Of year. and perhaps they should not DO
criticised too harshly. Ii will DO enough to say
that there IL decided room for Improvement
between now and next June. Another thing
must b. considered. namely. that the seniors
nro using the fastest shell any class crew at
Harvard has ever habitat Of the old 80 crew
They say that they could have done oven bet
tor. for the stroke did not squirt as much as hs
might have done. and every man was fresh at
IN. finish. Moreover. Wesselhoeft who ragIi-
larry rows at No. o. WAS out OF the bout and his
place WAS flied by n substitute nccessiiatinS
some changes from tho regular order Of row
ing. As nearly Us could be estimated from
times taken on the shore tho distance was
considering tho adverse tide. The time made
ny the INNING crew last year WAS IL minutes
Al seconds. Tho present senior crew came ia
second at this race in IL minutes seconds
In 1889 and 1891 the times OF the winning
crews were respectively IL minutes IS seconds
and I'D minutes Al seconds.
The composition of the two crews yesterday
was rs follows: