Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-29
THE VARSITY RACE.
Yale Comes in Easy Winner
at the Finish.
SOME HARvARDS IN POOR FORM
Their Superior Condition and Better
Rowing Give the Yale
Crew the Victory.

Associated Press Dispatches TO the HERALD.
New LONDON, June 2S-The four
teenth annual four-mile, stralghtaway
eight-oared race between crews repre-
senting the Universities OF Yale ane
Harvard was rowed this evening ovel
the Thames river course, and was wor
by Yale by six boat lengths. Officia
time Yale q 80, Harvard 81 :55. The
series of races between these colleges
now stands Yale victories, Harvard
victories. Yale also holds
the record for the fastest time
over the course, go :10), made last
wear. The crowd which saw the
race WAS unusually large, there being
several thousand mere strangers in town
than for several years. All the desirable
points along the course were packed with
people. The race was originally set for
IL O'Clock, but was postponed until the
evening on account of rough water. The
crews were promptly sent away at 20.
Harvard started eff with stroke OF so,
Yale also 80. At the end of the quarter
mile Yale took the lead about ten feet.
Both crews were in excellent form, and
in the next quarter mile, neither could
gain an inch. Just after passing the
half-mile flag, Harvard took the lead
about ten feet. This lead Harvard held
but few seconds. AS the crews neared
the mile flag Yale epurted, gaining g
quarter length, passing the mile flag in
4 AZ, pulling 33 strokes, with Harvard
2 seconds behind, pulling 81. The squirt
by which Yale took the lead at the mile
eettled the race, as after passing that
point Yale gradually increased her lead
and Harvard was unable to prevent it,
Yale passed the p mile in 7:15, pulling
80, and Harvard in 7:l9, pulling 80
strokes. The Yale men dropped their
stroke to 80, while Harvard increased
hers to 32. The effects of the
hard race for IL miles were
plainly visible in the Harvard boat.
Finlsy No. and Tilton No were los
ing form, and Findlay was Glow in get
ting his oar out of the water after each
stroke. Yale. however, was pulling in
perfect form, every man in the boat
sliding as one man and lifting their oars
in perfect time. At two miles, Yale
showed a boat'e length of clear water,
and the race was finished go far as Har-
wards chances were concerned.
At that point 1.-TWO miles,, Yale was
pulling SO and Harvard 80. After pass
ing the two-mile flag, Nos. 5 and in the
Harvard boat splashed badly, and their
body movement was bad. Yale's long
sweeping strokes sent her further and
further ahead, and at the two and half
mile flag, they had lead Of fully four
lengths. From the two and half mile
flag the Yale crew gradually increased
their lead with no apparent effort.
In the Harvard boat things were
different. At the 334 miles, Yale STRUCK
smooth water cloee under the bank, and
two additional lengths we're quickly
added to her lead. Harvard made
final effort to lessen the distance, but to
no purpose. as Yale crossed the line an
easy winner by six lengths. Harvard
lost because they were not so well taught
as Yale, and because their stroke, even
at "a, was not so effective as Yale at so.