Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-30
TODAY'S KILOGRAMS
Tho Annual University Boat Race Yale
1.-THE Winner
THE SURVIVORS OF VICTORIA.


Harvard, New London awoke TO the
red letter day OF the year. These
cheers broke forth with dawn, punctu-
ated with the cries Of other colleges,
and continued NECESSARILY until alter
the race. That tells the story OF the day
90 far as the spectators are concerned.
II was prominently n day OF noise,
college yells, cheers, shouts and bodlam
~ a result Of tho annual Harvard.Yale
boat race. The town was early alive
to the proceedings Of the day. Two
thousand students who have been
Staying here the past week, tumbled
out OF bed long before O'Clock, and
dressing themselves In the Jauntiest
attire went down the streets to meet
10000 men and girls who arrived this
morning 10 see the great race.
Vessels Of all sorts on the water and
the houses OF the town were most
profusely decorated with the blue ana
crimson colors Of the competing col.
leges. Al 10 O'Clock train with forty
observation cars pulled out from tho
depot aud went TO this starting points
four miles above town, amidst n pan.
demonium Of yell. anu college cries.
ttherespective trainingquartefst the
crews retired early, rose early, break
tasted heartily aud received private
Instructions from the respective
coRcners. They passed the remainder
OF the morning as suited them.
The fales crew left their quarters
first. At 1928 the shell WAS lifted
Into tho wafer and an instant later
manned by the chosen crew. fhe
Nnxu tfnNu o. N iha alurN vuna
The Harvard oarHmen trampted 10
the boat house ut 1925. At 1850 they
had taken their position In the shells.
They rowed lAzlly 10 the start. Both
rights were on the limo at II O'Clock.
Yale's blue waved triumphantly at
noon In her third and greatest victory
ufthe weeh, tho annual varsity crew
race, over the historic fouf-mile courue
ON the Thames. IL was the hardest
rs well IA the closest race pulled by the
great rivnls for years, and until the
last half mile was reached the
contest hung Ia the balance.
by magnificent equip0se
Harvard had the lead, but the pace
vas too fast, the crimson boat shivered,
shufdered aud finally collapsed, after
resigning the lead when the race was
three-quarteTs over.
The blue oars on the other hand
grew steadier with every STROKE, and at
the close sending the boat along at the
strongest, most uniform and speediest
OF rates ever traveTsed by the Yale
shell. The contest was terrible ties,
OF endurance, especially when the
light weight OF the occupants rival
shell Is taken into account. a strong
head wind came up about 1910 anu
blow still breeze squarely against the
backs OF the crews aud kept tho
time nearly five minutes clover
than the records made by the
crews last year. Every instant during
the race the breeze increased and by
tue Time tho half course had been
trAversed, the Thames had been stirred
Into guile formidable whitecaps and
miniature gale was blowing up tho
river valley, but Yale sand, endurance
aud training won the day. Bob Cook,a
boys were outolassed NJ the start by
Hnrvard's sprlghtly aud more effective
stroke ON the first mile. II WAS a case
Of survival Of the fittest This Is eyI.
dent from the time the Yales stroke be-
gan TO tell at the end OF the second mil.
until the bows shot across the line nj
the end OF the fourth mile, tho winner
by three and half lengths.
Ihe following 10 the personnel Of the
coDiesting crews:
Yale-Stroke, Edson Il. Gallandet
W Washington; Z, Sherwood ID. Ives
captain, 9S, New York; 0, J.. nj.
Longaore, 20, Philadelphia; o, J. M.
Goetchings, ~, : New York; 3, A. l.,
Van Huyck, O3, 3 Lee, Mass; 9, Ell.
Mosslel, 90, = Pittsburg; bow, II. A,
Jobnhen, "a, =, Norwich; roxswaIn.
F. l.. Elmstead, %, =, Hartford:
average age 20, height feet / inches,
weight 1914 pounds.
Harvafd-Stroke, II. II. Fenpessy.
W, Boston; 7, q. X. Cummings, %.
Boston; o, ID. II, Vail, 08, Boston; 5,
w. X. Wearing, 90, Newport, X, l.: A.
Il. Davis, %, Boston; 3, M. Newnall,
W. Great Darlington, Macs; ., w. Ia.
johnson, "a, Minneapolis; bow, q. Il.
Burgets,l03, Dedhnm; cOxawgin, Vic.
tor Thomas, %, Boston; average age.
u; height feet II inchet; weight los
pounds.
When the winner crossed the line
the din was deaiening. Every whistle
IN town, ON the river and In the har.
Dor, railroads and factories added 10
the pandemonium, aud mighty cheers
OF victory from thousands OF exultant
falean.slmnns were drowned com.
llelely. Not u man In the Yale boat
dropped his oars or ceased plying. The
boat backed to the barge near the shore
anu within five minutea the eight big
brawny Yale fellows were In the arms
o. their Wildly enthusiastic college
chums. Captain lves's arm was nearly
shaken of. He was cheered again
ANA again, not only for having pulled
en Individually brilliant race but for
nus management Of the crew which
pulled an exceedingly hard race,
.u'eu az some authorities
put II, the hardest race tie
Yale crew has fowei In years. Cum.
mings and Burgess were the most
Exhausted men In the Harvard boat.
They sank to tho bottom for several
minutes but revived soon and were
mule TO help take the shell
ashore. Considering the fierce ness of the
contest and the roughness NJ the water
u Is considered almost phenomenal
mat not a member OF either boat col.
Inp sed completely even Mt the finish,
inc time OF course was necessarily Tho
hpweht made Of late years. 1t ia re.
markable, however, when the ele.
nents Of wind anu wave are taken
iutO account.
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