The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-02
Blue LED THE CRIMSON
The Great University Boat Race
Was Holly Contested.
MIGHTY CHEERS FOR THE vIoToRs.

10 Was the Hardest Race Rowed In Years
and tho Crews Were Badly Exhausted.
Forty thousand Enthusiasts Witnessed
the Finish of til. big Four Mile Struggle.
NEW LONDON, Conn.,, July 1.-For the
eleventh time since the races were inaug-
urated in 1915 the Yale university crew
defeated that of Harvard in the annual
race here on the Thames. The course was
miles long and 10000 people witnessed
the Yale crew win the race in exactly 25
minutes and 1l9 seconds from the start.
When the winner crossed the line the din
was deafening. Every whistle in town,
on the river and in the harbor, the rail
roads and factories added to the pandemo-
mum, and the mighty cheers of victory
from the thousands of eXultant Yalesians
were drowned completely. Not man in
the Yale boat dropped as the oars ceased
plying. Van Huyck slapped Rogers on
TIE back and shouted, IL only wish was
freshman again. The boat backed to
barge near the shore and within five miu-
utes eight brawny Yale fellows were in
arms of wildly enthusiastic college chums.
Cheering the victors.
Captain Ives arm was near shaken off.
He was cheered again and again, not only
for having pulled an individually brilliant
race, but for his management of the crew
which pulled an exceedingly hard race,
indeed as some authorities put it. the hard
est race Yale crew has rowed in years.
Cummings and Burgess were the most
exhausted men in the Harvard boat. They
sank to the bottom of the boat for several
minutes, but revived soon, and were able
to help take the shell ashore. Considering
the fierceness of the contest and the rough
ness of the water it is considered almost
phenomenal that NOT y member of either
boat collapsed completely, even at the fin
lsh. The time was of course necessarily
the slowest made of late years. It is, how
ever, remarkable when the elements of the
wind and wave are taken into account.
The Terrible Test of Endurance.
The contest was terrible test of endur-
ance, especially if the lightweight occu-
pants of the rival shells is taken into ac-
count. A strong head wind came up, blew
stiff breeze squarely against the backs
of the crews and kept the time nearly five
minutes slower than the records made by
the crews of last year.
Every instant during the race the breeze
increased, and by the time half the course
had been traversed the Thames had been
stirred into quite formidable white caps
and miniature gale was blowing up the
river. Yale's sand, endurance and train
ing won the day
Bob Cooks boys were outcassed at the
start by Harvard's sprightlier and more
effective stroke on the first mile 1t was a
case of survival of the tittest. This was
evident from the time the Yale's stroke be-
gan to tell ut the end of the second mile.
a royal reception greeted the Yale crew
on their arrival Mt New Haven The train
with the eight on board was met by n large
and enthusiastic body of New Haveners at
the depot The oarsmen were put on a
tally-ho which stood in waiting and taken
to the campus. They were given a banquet.
The coachers were present and responded
to the toasts. Thousands crowded the
streets and made a terrific din with tin
horns and firecrackers.