The Helena independent., 1893-07-01
Yale Defeats Harvard in the An
nual Varsity Race on the
Thames.
It Was Witnessed by $4,000 Peo-
ple and Accompanied by
Pandemouium.
The Time was slow, but still Remarks
bic. Copsldsring the Conditions
Of Wind and Wave.

NEW LONDON, June SO.-Fl1ty thousand
people saw the blue Of Yale wave triun-
phanty At noon In her third and greatest
victory Of the week. the annual varsity
crew race over the historic four-mils course
on the Thames. II wss the hardest as we'll
ns tho closest race pulled by tho great rivals
for years, and until the last half mile Was
reached the contest hung in the balance.
Harvard had the lead. but the pace was too
fast. and the crimson boat shiversd, shud-
dered. and finally collapsed after rssiRning
the lead whom the race was thrse-quArters
over. The blue oars on Aho other hand
grew speedier with every stroke and at the
closs were sending the boat along at one Of
the strongest, most uniform and speedlest
rates ever travcrsed by Yale shell.
A strong head wind came up about 10:4O
and blsw : stiff breeze squarely against the
backs Of ths crews and kept the sims
nearly i've minutes slower than the records
made by the crews last year. Every in
stant during the race the breeze increased
and when half the course had been tray
quito formidable whiteoaps and Z minia-
ture gale WAS blowing NJ the river. But
Yale sand, endurance and training won the
| day.
Yale was outolassed at the start BY Har-
wards sprightly and more effective stroke
on the first mile. It Was case Of the sur
vival of the fttest This was evident from
the time Yale's stroke began to tell at tho
end of the second mile until the bows shot
across the line At the end of tho fourth.
The race WAS ono of the finest ever seen
on the Thames. For the o. mile the
crews were separated BY less than a this d
of boat length. Harvard was In the lead
and il looked at first ~ though she would
win the Faos. Her powerful and rapid
stroke sent her at pace which Yale could
not equal. but in that very thing lay Hsr-
wards defeat. The strain Of her furious
space was too much for her crew. The oars
began to splash and the men began TO go
to pieces in the boat. Yale's magnificent
TO. m came 10 the front. Her shell crspt
on to Harvard's; soon they were even. Har-
ward put forth dnal efforts TO save herself
but tho men were not equal to the occasion.
The men in tho middle Of her boat soon
saw the bow Of. their opponents. A few
more strokes and there was winter between
the boats and from thence on the victory of
Yale was merely question OF time. She
forged slowly ahead and amid the blowing
of hOins and booming of cannon, the wAv-
ing of flags and tho cheers OF her sup
porters. she swept ACROSS the line with Har-
ward four full boat lengths behind her.
Yale's time vas 25:01, Harvard 25:l2.
When tho winner creased the line the din
was deafeninR. Every whistle in town. on
and At the factories added to the pande-
monium and the mighty cheers of victory
from a Thousand exultant Yale men wero
drowned completely. Not q man in the
Yale boat dropped as his oars ceased ply
ing. The boat was taken back TO the barge
near shore and within i've minutes eight
big brawny Yale fellows were in the arms
of their wildly enthusiastic college chums.
Capt. Iycs' arm was nearly shaken of. He
was oheered again and again, not only for
having pulled an individually brilliant race.
but for his management OF the crew. As
some authorities put 1t, il was the hardest
race tho Yale crew had towed in years.
Cummings and Burgess wore the MOST ex-
haustsd men in the Harvard boat. They
sank to the bottom for several minutes, but
revived soon and we'e able to help tako
their shell ashore. The time, of course. was
1t was. however. remarkable when the ele-
ments of wind and wave are taken into &C.
count.
The following is The personnel of the con.
Yale-stroIs. Edson F. a.llandet. '9s,
'e3. New York; s. J. NJ. Loneaors. 's5. Phil
York; /. A. p. Rodgers, "a, Now York; s.
A. L. Vanhuyok. '93. s. Lee. Mass; g E. L.
Messiet. '93. .. Pistsburg; bow, +. A. john
son. '94 =. Norwich; coxawaip. F. E. Ohm.
stead, '94, 3. Hartford. Average age 23.
height 5 feet II inches, weight 1917 pounds.
Harvard-Stroke. E. II. Fennessy, '96
Boston; Z, G. X. Cummings. '93. Boston;
6. D. r. Vail. '93 Boston; s. g. II. Wearing,
'93, Newport Il. l.; 4, l.. Davis '94. Bos-
ton; s. NJ. Nswal!. '94. Great Darlington,
Mass; 2, ". L. johnson. '9. Minneapolis;
bow. G. Z. Burgess. '93. Dedham; cox
swain, Victor Thomas. "a. Boston. Aver
age age q. height 5 feet II inches. weight
| 1851 pounds.