Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-29
-Four Miles in Shells.
Yale Easily Wins the College
Boat Race.
SIX LENGTHS AHEAD AT THE EN-

Harvard Goes All to Pieces After the Fisst
Mile and the Yale Boys Pull Through in
Splendid Form-A Noisy Reception to
the victors-The Columbia Sick Mem
Eastern Base Ball Clubs Catch It All
Around-sporting Notes.
NEW LONDON, Conn, June 80 The four
teenth annual 4-nile straightaway, eight
Dared race, between the Yale and Harvard
crews, was rowed last evening over the
Thames river course from Winthrop's Point
to Gales ferry, and was won by Yale by six
boat lengths. Official time: Yale. 2l:3o;
Harvard, IS. The series of races betwe
these colleges stand: Yale won 3, Harvard
won6. There was very large crowd Of
spectators, and every point of view along the
four miles was closely packed with people,
who cheered each crew wildly.
A see-Saw Race at the Start.
The word ego" was given at 7:2O p m. and
Harvard caught the water first, her shell
forging ahead of Yale by half length, Har-
ward held her lead for about $50 yards; then
Yale began to gain at every stroke, and at
the quarter mile post They were on even
terms. Yale then took lead Of about ten
feet, and for the next quarter of a mile
neither could gain an inch Just at the half
mile flag Harvard worked her shell up on
even terms with her opponent, and the flag
pole was passed in 1928 with the boats bow
and bow, Yale pulling 80 and Harvard SO
strokes per minute. Just after passing the
half mile flag Harvard took a lead of abo,Je
ten feet This she held but few seconds,
Yale squirting and running her stroke up to
X hav rait md 10. e..
length, passing the mile flag with Har-
ward two seconds behind, pulling 3l-stroke.
The Squirt Settled the Race.
This squirt settled the race. as Yale gradu-
ally increased her lead being length ahead
at the IL mile flag. Yale then dropped her
stroke to 80, while Harvard increased hers
to 81. The effects of the hard race for the
IL miles was plainly visible in the Harvard
boat. Yale. however, was pulling in perfect
form, every man in the boat sliding as one
man and lifting their oars in perfect time
Yaie's Lead Four Lengths.
At the = miles Yale showed boats
length Of clear water After passing the
2-miles flag, Yale's long, sweeping stroke
sent her further and further ahead, and at
the ~ miles flag they had lead of
fully four lengths. From the 2jjs miles flag
to the 31s miles flag the positions remained
the same, both crews pulling 81 strokes a
minute.
Winning They Please.
After passing the 81 miles flag Yale
gradually increased their lead, pulling we'll
within themselves and with no apparent
effort In the Harvard boat things were
different Finlay and Tilton were slow with
their blades and each with different BODY
movement from the six others At the $50
miles Yale struck smooth water close under
the bank, and two more lengths were quickly
added to her lead. Harvard made a final eff
fort to lessen the distance between the boats.
but to no purpose, as Yale crossed the line
an easy winner by six lengths.
Why Harvard Lost.
Harvard lost because her men were not so
well taught as the Yale boys, and because
their stroke, even at the rate of "a, was not
SO effective as the Yale's at 80 At 80 the
Harvard men pulled well together, but when
the stroke was run up to "a several of the
men were unable to hold their own. and
pulled with diminished power After the
finish the Yale crew boarded the trains and
boats for New Haven
The Collapsed Columbia Men.
The Columbia men are now all right.
excepting Meikleham. Late Thursday night
he was brought down to the Croker House
and has been under a physicians care all
day. AT noon yesterday his condition was
slightly improved
The victors Received at New Haven.
NRw HAVEN, June 29-Probably &c, 600
people waited at the station and along the
principal streets last night to welcome Y ale's
victorious crew on its return from New
London The crew was expected to arrive
on the train due at II o'clock, but they were
detained in New London They contented
themselves, however, by escorting to the
college with bands of music, red fire, fire.
works. and vociferous cheers, the returning
students and residents Of the city, the pro-
ceSsion being followed by hundreds of man