St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-02
A Succession Of Notable Vic
tories Reach a Tre-
mendops Climax.
Harvard's Crimson VARSITY
Eight Trails in Far Be-
hind the Blue.
The Victors Proved Their Su-
periority Over Gallant
but Weaker Men.
Yale Freshmen Inaugurate
the Day by an Inspiring
Win in the Rain.

NEW LONDON, Conn.,, July 1.-This
has been Yule week, with Yale fin
lsh. Tuesday base ball victory over
Harvard; this mornings freshmen con-
quest over Harvard '95 in the annual
two-mile row on the Thames, and to put
a gloss finish on the whole seasons ag-
gregate of Yale's achievements the rec
ord OF the Y ale Varsity eight in turn
ing the tables OH the Harvard crew this
afternoon, leaving them even further
behind than Yale was left last year
and that is saying good deal.
The Harvard men have fallen away
from their Interpretation of the Cook
stroke which won for them last year,
and have substituted faster but much
less effective method of Craftsmanship
this season. Yale was again the worthy
exponent of the do5ged. rugged DELHI
crate stroke which has pulled its rep
resentativeS' shell across tie line ahead
so many times in 50 many years.
A criticism of either Yale's blade or
body work is difficult. The crew which
won for the blue is called the most per-
fectly drilled which ever represented
it. Harvard's oarmanship. however,
was unsteady, while the stroke set by
Lyman was followed moderately we'll.
The in-board work of the Harvard men
was of a highly unsatisfactory order,
and
The InharmOnious Action
was jarring TO even the unpracticed eye
at times. An analysis of the stroke of
both crews submitted this evening by
the well-known Yale coach and rowing
authority, George st. John Sheffield,
dscloses the following facts:
Yale caught the water and rowed the
first hundred yards at the rate of 371jsS
strokes minute, dropping them to 36,,
which was held until the first mile was
completed. During the next mile it
rOwed an uniform stroke of 35. dropping
then to 81 until the last mile, when it
finished strong at So.
l.. Harvard hroke away at SO, which it
kept up for half mile. 1t then fell off
to 81, increasing to SO on the first half of
the second mile. 1t then gradually
dropped to 33 at the beginning of the
last mile, when it braced wonderfully.
finishing at SO.
All the afternoon excursion trains
brought loads of people. who were soon
transferred to the big passenger
steamers. The water was perfectly
smooth, the air clear and the tide at
full ebD. A strong breeze was blowing
from the north at the backs of the
crews as they rowed down stream with
the tide. All these circumstances were
highly favorable to the lighter and live
lier crew of Yale. and adverse to Har-
wards beefer and stronger Oarsmen.
Was Yale,s Year
to choose between the east and west
course, and she selected the former.
clouds at Just o'clock when both Yale
and Harvard brought their shells down
to the landings at their quarters, and at
almost exactly the same second stepped
into them Contrary to general eXpec-
atiOnS, both crews rOwed to its posi-
tions. Harvard was there first, pulling
laZily across the river to their place.
Yale had to row down half mile, and
came to place with that regular, easy
stroke which has diSarmed criticism for
the past month.
The observation train made its ap-
pearance as the referees word was
given, and sixteen oars dug into the
water at 5:17. Harvard's spry stroke
oCCutCu a iOlu uiSts tttiU. luc CElUlSOu
took the lead. For the first hundred
yards she kept 1t. pulling a thirty-nine
stroke, while .Yale's was about thirty
eight. Yale splashed badly and the
boat rolled little, while Harvard got
off comparatively smoothly. At hum
dred and fifty yards from the start the
Yale Prov had
Shot Past Harvard.
Yale had found its form. Harvard
quickened its stroke little, making a
desperate fight before relinQuishing the
lead. In so doing she dropped into bad
form, causing the boat to roll, and pro-
gresS was impeded by its perceptlble
jerks. For fifty yards Harvard gave an
extremely poor exhibition. Both crews
at this point settled into the stroke
which has characterized their rowing IN
practice all the spring-Harvard with a
quick, speedy dash and Yale with de-
liberate, powerful force which made
gap between the two shells at every
dip.
AT the first half mile Yale was rowing
half a length in the lead, with both
crews exhibiting the finest burst of
speed witnessed during the entire race,
except possibly at the finish. Yale con-
tined its effective squirt during the Sec
ond half mile, while Harvard fell back
little. When Yale's shell passed the
first mile pole it was three lengths
ahead. The Harvard stroke had taken
a surprising drop down to thirty y-five.
while Galaudet's oars struck the water
with inetrical regularity thlrty-seven
times a minute. Yale took matters
trif1e more easy from the mile to the
mile ana half post, and the
Gap Between the Shells
remained little changed. Yale was
four lengths ahead at the two-mile post,
the race. Yale was pulling a trifle
more vigorously. The Harvard coxs-
vain was seized with fit of crooked
steering which brought his boat toward
the West!shore, leaving Yale near the
center of the stream with the full adj
vantage of breeze and tide.
At the twO-and-a-half-mile post Yale
had placed fully eight lengths of clear
water between her stern and the Har-
ward bow.
The aff1iction which overlook Har-
wards oarSmen at this particular point
of the race was splashing. For hun
dred yards they pulled like freshmen
in j this respect. Yale crept stead
lily ahead, pulling an aggravatingly
comfortable, easy stroke, while their
ohOh HIuCu ofCI tHo IlfcI . Surface Will
toboggan-iike smoothness. Along by
the. three-mile flag Lyman and Capt.
Kellton, Harvard's Nos. 8 and Z, swung
badly out OF shape. In their desper-
alton to urge the boat along at a win
ming pace, each set a different stroke
for the men behind.
1t Was a Procession
after the third mlle-post was passed.