The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-02
COLLEGE OARSMEN.
Yale Captures Both the Races
on the Thames.
COLUMBIA SECOND, HARVARD THIRD

The First Race Took Place During q
Pouring Rain, Keeping Away Hun
dreds, Detracting from the Bril-
liancy OF the Event. and Causing
Rather Slow Time.
NEW LONDON, July "A heavy rain
4 fell during yesterday morning. II had
the sffect Of keeping hundrsds from the
race and thus detracted from the brill
{ lancy Of the event, but the result upon
the surface of the water of the Thames
was most beneficial. The wind almost
entirely ceased and the harbor was as
placid as 1t was ever seen. Aside from
the disagreeable feature eptailed in the
rain, the conditions were most favorablb
for rowing two great races.
As the time appointed for the first
boat race approached the conditions as
regards wind, wave and tide were almost
perfect, save for rain, which came down
quite heavily, and continued so during
and after the race. The Harvard crew
made its appearance coming down the
river at minutes after II o'clock, and
reached the starting point at the big
Drldge about quarter past II. The
AS-so ~ohe ttAO tAOW quhHtUib Iu low OL
the Yale and Harvard launches, which
carried the three crews. The Yale launch
carried both the Yale and Columbia
freshmen crews and had both boats in
4ow.
Harvard Wins the Toss.
At the toss for position Just before
leaving the quarters Harvard won and
chose the middle course, Yale. with
second choice, selected the west and
Columbia was given the east.
In ths midst OF pouring rain and the
face OF a strong northwest head wind,
the word was given a little after--12
O'Clock. At the referees pistol shot. the
crews got away without a perceptible
splash. Columbia caught the water
first, though the powerful stroke of
Yale sent the boat with the blue tipped
=. at once to the lead. The three
9 rs all took fast stroke, varying
= rom thirty-nine to forty-one to the min
Iute for the first quarter mile, and at the
end of that distance were prettily
punched, Yale leading by few yards
and Columbia and Harvard almost tied,
the former, perhaps. trife in the lead.
Yale seemed to gain at every dip of
the blades and was two lengths ahead of
her rivals when the third quarter Of the
arst mile had kkn rowed. Then Co
lumbia was leading Harvard by about a
third of boats length. As the mile
post was passed Yale was still gaining,
while Harvard was rapidly filing the
breach between her boat and that Of
Columbia. The Yale stroke was here
again quickened to forty, which was the
number still adhered to by both the
other crews.
4 Could Not Catch Yale.
just after starting upon the last mile
Columbia braced again in effectiveness,
though decidedly not in finish of stroke
or handling of the boat. The stroke was
Serky and jagged at the 6nssh, and
though the boat shot ahead of Harvard
At the beginning OF the last half mile
the fast stroke set by all three began to
rtell on each Of the crews and the stroke
S&h became much less powerful,
2 kept up to the same high rate
minute. At this stage OF the con-
Columbia's coxswein ploughed out
AEooked path for the she'll, steering
WAdly toward the center of the course.
Harvard gained rapidly, but the phys
ical possibilities of the Columbia men
began TO tell in spite OF the heavy hand
leap OF crooked steering and rough
stroke, and they once more drew away
from the crimsons. Yale held her own
TO the finish, pulling evenly and run
ming the boat along at n uniform thirty
Eix TO thirty eight strokes minute rate.
She finished about eight lengths ahead
OF Columbia, who led Harvard by two
and half lengths.
The official time as announced was:
Yale, 1904; Columbia, 1920; Harvard,
1928. The time for the first mile was:
Yale, 6:4f; Columbia, 5:53, and Har-
ward, 6:56. 1t was slow race and about
minute short Of the freshmen inter-
collegiate record.
Tho Eight-Oared Race.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 1.-The
great race between the eight-oared crews
Of Harvard aud Yale took place on the
Thames this afternoon in the presence
Of about 80, 600 persons. Yale was the
savorite in the betting and proved
worthy of her friends trust, winning
she race without making single
apurt. But the Yale boys pulled re-
markably even stroke, and shot their
boat over the entire course at a winning
gait. Harvard pulled jerky oar, and
several times the strokes were disas-
trously uneven. Her coxewain showed
poor judgment once or twice, and alto.
sether Harvard gave poor exhibition |
OF rowing. Yale took the lead shortly
after the start and steadily increased it, |
passing the finish lihe fifteen lengths |
ahead. Yale's time for the four miles |
was 20. 48, within thirty seconds of the
record.
Scarlet Fever in London.