Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-06-27
Munnatawket, the shock throwing twenty
five or fifty persons off their feet.

funnatawket, the shock throwing twenty
i've or fifty persons off their feet
At the finish, where the channel was
rowded with ali sorts of craft, the Mum
in trying to avoid collision
With the Rhode Island, struck the tugboat
America hard bump amidship; knocking |
many people sprawling over the decks. t
Fortunately none went overheard and no
one was seriously injured.
Much sympathy is expressed for Cap
tain Brewster, as the defeat can In no way
be laid to him. He did his part of the |
work faithfully and well, and the defeat.
was the fault of the men themselves.
GOULD FOR CAPTAIN.
After the race the annual meeting of the
crew for the election of a captain for the
next year was held and resulted in the
unanimous elections of Mr.. J. A. Gould,
'92 S., this year. stroke.
NEW LONDON, June 26.-Following
their regular custom of selecting captain
for the next years crew on the night fol-
crew tonight reelected Captain Nelson j:
Perkins. Although Perkins received his
A. B. on Wednesday and is now a gradu-
ate of Harvard, he will return next fall to
begin q two years. course in the law school.
In addition to Captain Perkins every one
of the Harvard crew will be in the uuiver-
sity next year. ,..5 -.
THE RUSH TO NEW LONDON FROM THIS CITY.
The special trains from this city to New
London treturned-one at about o'clock
the other little later. Disappointment
was written on all faces, especially those
who wore tokens of blue. There were
about one hundred hacks and cabs in
dense battle array at the Union depot
when the specials arrived.
The several hundred people who went
on the steamer Elm City excursion re-
turned sorely disappointed, having missed
the race owing to the steamers late ar
rival, the boat arriving just after the close
of the race. The passengers We're landed
at New London and allowed four hours
stay. The boat arrived at her home dock
at about 9 O'Clock. There was half
hours delay in starting from this city
owing to delay in selling tickets and the
late corners. The horse cars from the
boat were heavenly laden with returning
excursionists.
ASSOCIATED PRESS ACCOUNT.
Reasons for the Defeat-How 1t Hap
pened-Failure of Stroke Gould and
Hagerman-What George Adee Says
"A Very Quiet Night i'm New Lon
don.
NEW LONDON, June 26.-"Why did Yale
row so poorly to-day in the race as COM
| pared with the excellent practice work.?
This question was put to number OF
prominent Yale oarsmen this afternoon
I oil 1a ShrT1o nf
| the shoulders and an answer expressive OF
| reluctance to any way disparage the indi,
| vidual work of their crew. That there
| was something wrong was plainly apparent
to those who have watched the practice OF
| the crews Harvard's work in the race
was mnch better than they have shown in
their practice pulls, while Yale's work was
so much below the usual Yale standard
and so much poorer than their final tria
on Wednesday that one would hardly rec
ognize it as Yale's crew. The cause Of
Yale's unexpected and overwhelming de-
feat is found in the fact that two of hel
men, the two most important in the boat
Stroke Gould, and Hagerman, No. 7, were
not equal to the occasion, and lost
their heads AS Harvard began to increase
| their lead near the end of the first mile il
was noticed that Gould cut his stroke
short and pulled with diminished effect
The rest Of the crew, instead of keeping
time with Gould, followed Hagerman'f
stroke. After while Hagerman became
slightly ratified, the result being that fol
| the greater part of the race the men il
| the waist and bow followed the stroke set
| by Captain Brewster. The difference il
the swing of the men was slight to bt
sure, but slight as it was it was enough tt
cause Yale's boat to hang perceptibly after
each stroke and to settle after lifting
or four feet. Both crews wer,
also greatly annoyed by the swell from thu
big steamers that followed the crew. Ii
speaking of this point George Adee, tn
well known Yale man, expressed himsel
most emphatically and declared that Yal
ought not to row another race over tn
| Thames course. Mr.. Adee refused t.
criticise the work of the crew for publica
ton, but did not deny that seven or eigh
handicapped the balance of the crew. st
John Sheffield, a prominent official, dit
not hesitate to say that Yale's work was
great disappointment and that he regretted
very much that either Simms or Brewste
had not been placed at the stroke. A mum
Der of other Yale men declared that Yale
crushing defeat was due simply to tn
fact that they were out-rowed by Harvard
Their actions, however, indicated tina
there was something beneath the surfac
but which could not be drawn out
Bob Cook disappeared down tn
harbor at one of the summer hotels, Will
the Yale crew and friends boarded the fou
o'clock train for New Haven. The Ha1
ward crew came down the river at 4 p. m
and headed by the standard bearers, car
rying the two flags they won in to-day
race, marched to the Croker house an
shortly afterwards they took carriages TO
the Pequot house where they will be ten
dered reception.
The race was finished so early in tn
day that a majority of the Harvard follow
ing returned at once to Boston. The re
suit has been that to-days victory wa
followed by the quietest celebration know