The sun., 1891-06-25
COLUMBIA FOOLED THEN.
THEr ROWED IN POOR FORM, BUT
BEAT YALE and HARTARD.

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| And the New York Freshmen Also Broke
Two-niIe Reeord-Harvard Brousht
Hin the He.r-Ne,ther OF the Crows
p,,,ss . r,,,.nss s,ron. Co,vu.,a
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NEw LONDON. June 24.-Tbe race to-day on
tho Thames River between Yale. Harvard. and
Columbia freshmen. was q clawing match
from start to finish. Columbia ciawed the
fastest and won. Tho Harvard youngsters
werc looked upon as sure winners over Yale,
while Columbia was relegated far to the rear.
Columbia. however. proved to be the dark
borse in the raee. and won bv two and A half
lengths Yale was about two longths ahead Of
the Harvard youths.
BESIDES surprising everybody. the New
Workers smashed the two-mile record. They
covered the distance in minutes Al seconds
ane ias'est previous RECORD was minutes As,'
seconds. also made by Columbia. The condi-
me tiae was ,unnins strong ebb ana sun
coumbia nsa to do wss % to % die their eUs oors IN IN
nna ~, -, ,,s ,.o,or -. ,,.. ,a .h.,. s.,,,,
nps ss ns rs sss sSa
right along. Then they had tho ndyantae. Of
hsving a co,rsa sl;1h,iv fas,ar ,hon .;,hos ~,
the other two.
The attendance wns n d,sn,noin,mort rbo
threo colleges bar ely turned out a corporal's
crows down the river. Tho biz Manhassott
TOOK up position at the starting point. where
q fair opportunity was presented to see the
The old boat was loaded down to the waters
oase ino yaenss Narwn TS 4na nere,a
h.a 80, Wv g. 4n,, 'ns o,. a W., ofMo, ..,
had on oosta 81. schn sheiheid OF Nele' ana
afterward took Referee John Rogers captain
eN,,n OF .he lale %. crow Oh INC harvard launch
Ths SarYbai "criormel That It's service. SiS'' ''a''
nH one Sm Inv
Yale Ind tho west curse. 6 Golumbia ne cen.
ire and Harvard Harvard Tho % east The last half Of the
generally the case when only two crews race:
4 It had been two 81 the crews would have Ind
For 'hls reason M course was moved iar!ner
ds was Sn"ns M in' tbs s'fai milde ot the
enamel wnere me columbia starting scow
80 light that II was continually drifting down
stream. This caused ne end OF trouble. Fully
ball an IN. hour was Was irIttered @ away tryjng to
finally got tilsd yelling his directions to the
n n me at and ne ordered 81 them
sreTs without hs anchored boss hut he
81 ana sbe sn.n On ber the ,s
Word came but lSeieree Heeers decided 10 let
before the other crews Y1s sna Hsrysfd 81
Saa tHss 5sa 9 Ta s
sisii shot ahead With the il5st iex s strokes & w
to gain steadily on lnle. while the latter grad.
ualy bd pulled away from harIard ar ard, All three
wretched form.
.,4oE aoD So nni mSn tse osSse SSs
tho air. giving the crew q shower bath. Hol-
gen ger tntteTed 0acEWard 30 lar that ne nearly
men he,Srs Hol,'e. Tse;roysred s; his eaTiIibrium.
water, with the other seven: Then q wild cry
q de @ isht m arose S rom % the lungs q the C0nm:
Sas i yas hs Ths 1f essk Yse eSys Ds;
nv he Man
time. ,. co,,,,.
ahead. Inch by inch the Columbia shell crept |
ensI e was s neg was Is
Thils s9s, Yale and Harvard pulled good
the first half mile" shouted an enthusiastic |
Harvard man. after that. Columbia won't be |
in IT," The Columbia boys kept iahbing their
oars into the water without seeming 10 lose |
any OF their ADVANTAGE Both tho Yale and |
Harvard youngsters 1S tiers Were pulling in better
speak OF.
ioung Nichols. II 9 rool- headed stroke OF the |
Columbia crow. watched his opponents. who |
were irving to oyertake him and every time
was increased with every spurt AT The mila |
flag Colun bin wa. boat length ahead, Little
] lon g. who was steering the Yale shell. didn't |
handle the rudder lever well; He appeared to
thing as, "a current, part OF which |
ran In his water. and, instead OF get
i tinK ,G e tae -, shon h ~ tne ou'tI enR OF II
EIii GO hio a,nni, ~ - ~ 49,, 9au H".oI;
uhi' loi Ut 1T SUI " .ne 'cIy ceIttt VI
tue current. Al, lutee creWS were rowing
columbia was pulling In the |
poorcst form OF thcm all ut this point, Tho
man snlnshed bndly and rolled ali nhout thn
hnmt Hnrvari and Yuie did Iull ,bsn, .alvaI
80 - h a. -, ~, rvoIs on1 ro,!o a ~. .n,Ert
!0getner u, intcIEhs anu ehe 2 ialr eADlDl-
tlon OF DOuy W0ik anu ~6teTWdnBnlp.
w,daned Tho nan nnd Yaie rn.s I;swIss rss
wideued the oueninp thar senarntad ,nan,
from, tbo Harvard The laat half Wa ro".d
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