Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-30
New London has been the scene of the ssruR-
gle.
Yale by winning yesterday has won seven
races and lost six. Harvard has won six and
lost seven The record Of the thirteen years
Is as follows:
THE CREW ARRIvEs HOME.

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THE Crew. ARRIVES HOME.
The DemonstratHOn Accorded Them
the Biggest Ever Received by q
Crew-Wfld Emtlkusiaam EveryTvhere
The streets Packed with People
. Everything Painted Ned.
The Yale crew arrived home last night
shortly after 10 O'Clock. The demonstration
was one of the widest kind of enthusiasm.
1t was one that will long remain memorable
in Yale's history, it being the greatest that
has ever been given to winning crew.
Coming home from New London students
took up collections to buy fireworks. The
American band was hired and arrangements
for a grand time were made. By 9 o'clock
the depot, inside and out, and the vacant
space in front, was one jostling mass of hui
mainly. The tally-ho coach drawn by four
horses was there.
AS the express from New London wheeled
into the depot there was wild hurrahing. It
seemed as if all bedlam had been let loose.
The members of the crew were surrounded
and cheered and cheered. They were shur-
ried on top of the tally pho and the procession
started, headed by the American band. The
Union depot meyer looked prettier. Ikwas
one blaze of red light.
The procession marched up State street.
In the rear were hundreds of students with
strong lungs and tin horns. They were
making all the noise they could, nearly
drowning the music by the band. They
burned red light, and so did the citizens
along the way. So much was burned that 1t
looked as If all the buildings were afire. A
turn was made at Chapel street and the pro-
cession headed for the campus. Seated on
the back of the coach was Stagg, the greatest
college pitcher in the world.
The grandest display along the line was at
the Quinnipiac club rooms. The building
was one blaze of red light. The fireworks
were novelty, and the whole thing showed
that the Quinnipiac club took great interest
In ths crew. All the windows of the third
stories were open and members stood on the
steps outside, and when the crew passed by
there was q shower of fireworks and red
light from every one of these windows and
from the steps.
From the Grays' association rooms there
was cheering and shooting of fireworks.
Howe & Stetson, E. II. Brown & Co. and
William Nicely & Co. had their stores deco
rated with blue. There was also 6ue scene
from the windows of the New Haven House.
While the procession had been coming up
Chapel street big bonfire was started on the
college campus. The tally-ho coach was
drawn onto the. college campus, then the
students carried each one around the CAM
pus on their backs.
Afterward the Quinnipiac club headed by
the American band went to the New Haven
House and serenaded the crew.
The fun on the campus lasted until an early
hour this morning.
ACCOUNT OF THE RACE.
Yale's BeautIful Work-The Finest
EIght-Oared Rowing Ever Seen ON
the Thames-The Movements OF she
49,
splash Noticed From start TO Finish.
NEW LONDON, June 29.-The eleventh
annual eight-oared four mile straightaway
race between the University crews of Yale
and Harvard was rowed this afternoon at
o'clock over the Thames river course from
Gales Ferry to Winthrop Point and was won
by Yale by twenty -four lengths; time 20:10,
Harvard's time 21:14 The series of races
between these two colleges now stands: Yale
won 9, Harvard won 5. Yale's time of 20:10
Is now the fastest ever made on the river,
that of 1920 made last year by
Harvard in the race with Columbia. The
story Of the race can be very briefly summar-
lied. Yale had better crew in the boat
than she has ever had before and they gave
the best exhibition of eight-oared rowing
ever seen on the Thames, their movements
from start to fnish being the perfection of
grace, every man swinging in exact time
with every other man. and their oars were
handled SO clearly that not q splash was OBJ
served throughout the race. At the finish
every man was in good condition and
showed no signs of distress. Harvard,
however, rowed with the poorest
crew that she had ever sent to New London
and they received the worst defeat Yale ever
gave a Harvard crew. In fact il was simply
> walk-over from start to finish and this is
just what Bob Cook gave cut to the inside
Yale men two days ago. The conditions for
fast rowing were excellent, the water was
very nearly smooth, there was strong ebb
running with the tide, and there was foot
or more of freshet coming down the river,
the result of last nights rain. These were
the exact conditions under which Harvard
made her fast time and broke the record last
year.
When the crews backed up to the starting
line the excitement was at fever heat, the
Yale and Harvard supporters shouting their
college yells in futile endeavor to outdo
each other. When the word was given both
crews got the wafer nearly together, but Yale's
powerful sweep pushed the bow of their boat
to the front on the first stroke. Yale started
Of with thirty-four strokes per minute, while
Harvard ran theirs up to thirty eight. The
Yale made pretty start, while Harvard
splashed little. A quarter of mile away
Yales had lead of half length and the
splendid form in which they were roWing
made it apparent that they were sure win
ners. Harvard was rowing in fairly good
form, but their stroke was much inferior.
They did not swing in good time, they
splashed every few strokes and on their
shorter stroke failed to get good grip on
the water. At the half-mile Yale was row.
ing thirty-four strokes and had
. lead of two and one-half
lengths, Harvard rowing thirty-eight.
In the next half mile Yale made a gain of 1
four seconds and were simply running away
from the Boston crew. At the mile flag
Yale was rowing "a and Harvard had drop /
ped to 81, but Yale had . lead OF ak lengths. |
Y8le's rowing was machinelike, while Har- j
yard continued to splash little and Nos. / |
and 2 appeared to be 1aboring. At u miles L
Yale had lead of eight lengths and wes 4
rowing her regular stroke of 81. Harvard /
still held to 81. From this point 1t was
merely question Of how badly Harvard
would be defeated. At two miles Yale had Il
lead of eight lengths. At 2 1-2 miles she /
had increased 1t to thirteen lengths. At /
;hree miles Yale had increased it to fifteen /
engths and at 8 1-2 miles her long steady /
stroke had put her twenty lengths ahead. In
he last half mile, in spite of Harvard's most
determined effort, Yale increased her advan.
age to twenty-four lengths, finishing an easy i
winner In 20 minutes, 10 seconds, the best
lime ever made on the river. Harvard strug. i
lied on, but did not cross the line until one
minute and four seconds after.
The following table gives the Official times
md shows how bad was Harvard's defeat at |
very half mile:
YALE. HARVARD. l
II