The sun., 1891-06-27
THE WINNERS OF SIXTEEN YEARS.
The record OF the eight cared contests
between Yale and Harvard IL as follows:
There Were Too BIG Men In tho Boat
nnd Not Enough Skill.

NEW LONDON July 2G.-"Why did Yale row
SO poorly to-day as compared with the OK
eel ent practice work." This question was
put TO number OF prominent Yale oarsmen
| this afternoon. and the result was an In
| variable shrug OF the shoulders and an answer
| expressive OF reluctance to In any way dis
pnraGe the individual work OF their crew.
That there was something wrong was plain
ly apparent to those who have watched the
practice work OF both crews. Harvard's work
in the lace was much better than they have
shown in their practice pulls, while Yae's
work in tho race was 80 much below the usual
Yale standard and SO much poorer then their
final trial on Wednesday that one would hard
ly recognize it as Ya'e's crow.
The ranse OF iaic,s a 9n,exnseeted zee o and over, o
Of her men. the two most important in tho
boat. stroke Gould and Hagerman, number Z.
were not equal to the occasion and lost their
in waist and bow followed the stroke set by
Cart. Brewster. The differences in the swing
It was was It was enough to cause Yale's boat to
hang percepibly after each hsa, stroke and to
out Of water ior three or four feet.
hGh crews , ere also Grs%.Hh haa eg
sT.M IN eaEns o nA non
Himself most emphaticnly. and declared that
ths n"%ss Work s0uS0 oi the Cue. srev BUT did not
the balance Of the crew. st John Sheffield. &
prominent Ynle official. did not hesitate to say
and and that he regretted Very much that either
slmms or Brewster had not Leen PLACED
the srssH sssrss ear that s@ssr
was due nimnly to the fact that thoy were out
r0wsa by hasya,dd pa down m. borbor while the
o'c ock train for New Haven. The Harvard
hesdeG by sanaard bearops Carrying the two two
flags they, won in ,oidays Ince, marched TO the
Croker Ho"so and .dun, shGfy afterward took
joriiy rHy oi the iiaEyard followers returned at
day. victory Inns been followed by the quietest
celebration known Tor years. "
is y dangerous experiment to sacrifice har:
mony IN the shell to mere ,rute force, It
s sS me BEEN IN The Hs nn n ass Ss Of S4 S
tremely difficult 70 make big men row in good
ssro"nded sGe" the Harvard crew i to get tose'hsr
eight men who can easily he taught to handle
he believes in not only learning to row in good
form. but t" have the men nble physically to
eY IN the osf
Although Harry Reyes is entitled to credit
for tho good work he put IN her, finishing the
through the first ,priuciDes, Is deserving OF a
lurGe share OF praise.
a
work ed under the mot trying circumstances.
Harvard mon were crying Tor settled policy
in rowing There were disaCreeing factions
trying to get control, and all tho while Adams
worked away at The men. saving no was not
The coach ,bir WAS merely teaching the men
the principles OF rowing as he understood
them.
be found. and now that ibe seeds sown by
Harry Keyes and j, j. Storrow, Jr., last year,
and carried out this season by Adams and
Keye., have shown good results. terhnps
Harvard will huve a settled policy which alone
will turn out crews able to cope with Yale.
" why Didn't We Tako Yaie's Moneyw
CAMBRIDGE. June 26.-Ii to-days race had
been rowed before the close Of the college
year. the town would not have held the stu
dents to- night. But there is very little excite
mont. owing to the absence OF tho students.
Nearly all have gono to their homes The few
who remain are happy.
The only thing that causes sorrow is the
thought that they didn't have the courage II
their convictions. and take up the Yale money
that was thrown nj their feet. Those students
and graduates who have returned from the
race ara Eicking thems elves because they
didn't bet on their crew.
bets OF ~ TO and 10 to on. Yale were plen-
sight, but Harvard money was scarce. The
hackers OF tho crimson promise 10 do better
next year.