Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-06-27
YALE,s OFF YEAR.

Harvard Wins Easily at New London
The Time Very Slow-S1mPly .
PrOcession-A Very Zig Surprise TO
Everyone-Immense ThrOngs View
the Contest-Harvard Is Justify
SCheered-Notes of the Day-Ool-
isions on the River Add to the Ex-
element.
EARLY in the morning the signs of excite
ment around the town of New London
served to show early risers that the day OF
the race between the two great colleges
was at hand-the last day of race week
and the greatest day that New London sees
the whole year round. The night before
the usual excited crowd of undergraduates
and graduates discussed the chances OF
their favorite crews in the rotunda Of the
Croker house, eagerly selling every piece
of encouraging news. The hotel itself
was packed with guests, every square foot
of available floor space having COT.
The betting was generally in favor of
Yale at odds of 10 to and 10 to 6, several
large amounts being put up at such odds.
By o'clock in the morning the excursion
trains began to arrive, and the streets soon
become almost impossible. Soon the OBJ
servation train backed down and the
steamers began to take on their loads and
by II O'Clock all was ready for the race.
The course was cleared with less trouble
than is usually experienced and the crews
came down to the starting line.
At II 40 the word was given and they
were off. Following is the story OF the
| race: u
Harvard caught the water first and with
| a stroke of AZ to the minute pushed he1
| bow ahead of Yale, gaining nearly length
/ in the first $50 yards. Both of the crew.
| splashed considerably at the start. bu
| Harvard soon pulled herself together anc
got down to"good, steady work. The Val.
| crew, however, seemed to lack life, ane
| fresh, their work was of the most ragged
kind.
The men were all swinging out or in an(
their rowing was done without that vigor
| GUS snap and life which has brought Yal
| to the front for the last five years. Th'
| reason that Yale lost the race is simpl,
| explained-the men did not know how t
| row. The crew had shown much i'm
provement lately but as soon as they go
into the race they seemed to forget every
thing that had been drilled into them ant
went all to pieces like a lot of fresh
men. AS the two crews passed
the half mile flag Harvard
was clear length ahead and her long
the water faster than Yale could follow
At this point Harvard was pulling
strokes and Yale "a, the time being Han
ward 1927 and Yale 1888. During the sec
ond half mile Harvard continued to in
crease her lead, and the Yale men On tn
train and steamers began to wonder wher
| Yale was coming out at the finish. Har
| ward passed the mile flag in SOL, rewin
SO, with Yale ten seconds in the real
| pulling "a to the minnie At the one an
one half mile flag Harvard was pulling
to Yale's 35. Time: Harvard, TAO; Yale
1855.
In the next halfmile Harvard, by he
strong, steady work, increased her lead b
count of the stupidity of the pilot of th
tug Cassie, who run his boat into tn
course and obliged them to swerve. Th
crews passed the two-mile flag, Harvard i
1919 and Yale in 10:41. More clear waite
was placed between the two boats in tn
| next half mile, Harvard gaining abou
/ three more boat lengths, passing the tw
and half mile flag in 1885 with strok
of 38, Yale following with a stroke 35 il
l lo.lf AlGoT GulS W Gu6 cuu Was Outy
repetition, Harvard gradually increasin
her lead while Yale splashed along in tn
rear. Harvard went past the three-mil
flag in 15:47 and Yale in 1910; the three
and-a-half mile flag ip 1928, Yale 1876
| and the finish line was crossed, Harvar
winning in 1:23, Yale coming in "a SCI
I onds later in 21:57.
The crews at once padded to their qua1
ters and the steamboats, made the best {
I their way down to the docks.
The officers of the race were as follow
Referee, William A. Meikelham of Colun
| bia; judges, Lawrence A. Sexton, Harvard
! l Bob Cook, Yale; timers, Charles F Adam
| Harvard; George A. Adee, Yale. tt
Harvard contingent. as soon as it reache
New London, began to celebrate the vict
) Try which it had waited for so many lor
| years. Dry goods stores were looked u
| and many yards of crimson cloth we
purchased to decorate the persons of Il
Harvard boys. Some secured supplies
l fireworks and began to make suficie1
noise to demonstrate their joy.
| The only thing that, the Yale continge1
desired, however, was to get home, and tn
| as quickly as possible.
TIME AND STROKE.
The time and number of strokes of bot
crews, as announced by the official time
| are as follows: