Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-02
YALE WON
The Yale-Haryard Varsity Boat Race
at New London, Friday.
II Was 4 Yale Week and the New Maven Boys
Are Happy.

NEW LoSpoS. Conn, .ialy This has
been Yale week with Yale finish. Tues
days base bali victory over Harvard; this
mornings Yale freshman conquest of
/ Harvard - in the annual two mile row
on the Thames. and 10 put the
gloss finish ON the whole seasons
aggregation Of Yale's athletic achievements.
! the Yale varsity eight turned the tables on
j the Harvard crew this afternoon. leaving
\ them even farther behind than Yale was
| left last year.
/ Had the crews been favored with strong
| tide and following winds which aided Cap
/ tain Stevensons - record crew, therere is
| little room for doubt that the present record
would have suffered another fracture this
afternoon. The Yale eight, hard pressed
at no time after the first half mile. came
] within 30 seconds of the time of Stevenson y
men. The analysis of the stroke of both
/ crews discloses the following facts Yale
caught the water and rowed the the first
I hundred yards at 81 IL strokes minute,
! dropping them TO 80, which was held
/ till the first mile was completed.
/ During the next mile Yale rowed uniform
stroke of 81, dropping then TO "a, until the
last half mile, when it finished strong at 81.
| Harvard broke away at - and kept it up
for half mile. 1t then fell OFF to 81, in
creasing TO :3s on the first half of the sec
ond mile, AMI gradually dropped to 33 at
/ the beginning of the last mile, when they
braced up wonderfully, finishing at IS.
| The water was perfectly smooth. air clear,
/ and tide full ebb. 4 strong breeze was
+! blowing from the north. at the backs of the
| crews as they rowed down the stream with
/ the tide. All these circumstances were
/ highly favorable to the lighter and livc';er
crew of Yale and adverse to Ilaryard's
beeter and stronger oarsmen. II was
+ Yalc's wear to choose between the east and
west course, and she selected the former
The observation train made its appearance
rs the referee gave the woid and IL oars
were dug into the water at 5.l1. llarvards
sprv stroke secured the hold first and the
crimson took the lead. For the first hun
I dred yards it kept ii, pulling 80 strokes and
Yale about IS. Yale splashed badly and
the boat rolled little, while Harvard got
off comparatively smoothly
At hundred and fifty yards from the
start Yales prov shot past ilarrard's.
Harvard quickened her stroke little,
making desperate fight before relinquish-
ing the lead. In so doing she dropped into
bad form causing he boat to roll and pro-
gress by perceptible jerks. For fifty yards
Harvard gave an extremely poor exhibition.
At the first half-mile Yale was rowing
half a Length in the lead. and both crews
were exhibiting the finest burst of speed
Witnessed during the entire race, except
possibly at the finish. Yale continued the
effective spurt during the second half mile,
and Harvard fell back little by little When
the Yale shell reached the first mile post it
was three Ieng,hs ahead.
Yale took matters a trife more easily
from the mile to the mile and half post.
and the gap between the shells remained
lttle changed Yale was four lengths
: ahead at the two mile post which marked
i the conclusion of half the race. Yale was
pulling trife more vigorously. At
tl's point the Harvard body work
( commenced to be uncertain. The octeiie
/ of backs no. longer rose with
automaton precision and came up with a
promscuous movement suggestive of bob
! bing. Yale pulled like one man. At the
/ PIP mile post Yale had placed fully eight
lenp .hs of clear water between her stern
and the Harvard how.
| Along by the three-mile Lyman and Cap
tan CeIton, Iiarvard's < and !. swung badly
out of shape In their desperation to urge
the boat along at a winning pace, each set
different stroke for the men behind. The
effect on the boat was dramatic. The she'll
quivered under the opposing forces, tugging
/ away on each side. bat t'gh rate of speed
/ was out of the question.
| twas a procession after the third mile
/ post was past Yale oars dropped exact
and true. The first half of the last mile
was the most inferior exhibition of oars
mansbip given by both crews during the
whole race. The realization of certain
I victory was beginning to nnnerve the ale
men. while the Harvards were beginning to
feel eyerwh helmed by the sense of sure de-
+ feat. and pulled loosely together.
( 4 short distance before the last half
mile post was reached, the eights passed
/ between long line of Yachts which enclosed
! the finish rousing salute was gwen Doth
( crews as they passed each yacht.and the eff
/ feet was magical. The stroke was quickened
{ the keels kept more even and the oarsman-
shin of both crews was decidedly more
! trim and cleanly cnt
/ At a21.4s the Yale boat shot by the
! finish with Harvard II or ~ lengths to the
rear, Every member of Yale's crew finished
fresh. and only one or two of Harvard's
( crew was really exhausted. Every whistle
! in New London was subjected TO full head
of steam. and thousands of blue flags
foated alof..
Most of the II 900 visitors attracted to
! New London to witness the race were car
RED away within an hour by the excursion
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