St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-01
YALE WON THE RACE,
Her Brawny Crew Carries the
Blue Across the Fin
iSh Line.
Harvard Men Struggle Brave
ly, but Are Four Lengths
Behind.
Rough Water and a Fresh
Breeze Make the Time
Slow.
NJ q Ks
magnificent Form of the
YalensianS Tells in the
End.

NEW LONDON, Conn. June 5O.-
Everything WIS blue here today. L
was blue han-dozen and two athletes
that sent their blue clad and bedecked
supporters into frenzy of delight; it
was a blue crowd whose finger tips
bumped against the furthermost re-
cesses of their empty pockets because
their views previous to the race had a
CRIMSON tinge, and the wind blew the
surface of the course into millions nf
little waves, which scampered around
in every direction causing fear of post
ponement in every heart.
But i'll spite of the wind, the rough
water and vigorous crimson kick, the
race was rowed, and It's all over but
the shouting. Yale was the victor and
size defeated Harvard by four lengths,
covering four miles in 25:Gl11. Har-
wards time was 25:I5.
Thousands OF people who had con-
gregated on the craft in the river saw,
with their field glasses. eight blue giants
leave their quarters at Gales Ferry, and,
with shell hoisted on their broad shoul-
ders, make their way slowly to the
dock. Then they saw a similar pro
cession OF
Crimson Athletes
put their boat in the water, and move
toward the referees boat, in tow :of
the Harvard launch. Then came pre-
liminaries and They're Off from a
thousand throats.
The blue was first at the start, and
there was a tremendous cheer for Yale
and frantic shaking Of banners as the
nose of her boat appeared to forge
ahead. The observation steamers would
list first to the right or left in the di-
rection taken by the spectators in their
anxiety TO see the struggle. The race
was one of the finest ever seen on the
Thames. For the first mile of the course
the crews were separated by less than
one-third of beat length. Harvard
was III the lead. and it looked at first as
though she would win the race. Her
powerful and rapid stroke sent her at a
pace which Yale could not equal. but in
that very thing lay Harvard's ~lefeat
The strain of her furious pace was too
much for her crew. The oars began to
splash, aud tue .men began to 90 to
pieces in the boat. Yale's magnificent
form came to the front. Her shell crept
on the UarvardS. Soon they were even.
Harvard put forth a final effort to save
herself, but the men were not equal to
the occasion.
Yale Glided Ahead
Yale's shell glided gradually ahead.
The men in the middle of her boat soon
saw the bow of their opponents. A few
more strokes and there was water be-
tween the boats, and from then on the
victory OF Yale was merely a question
of time. She forged ahead slowly, and,
amid the blowing Of horns and the wav-
ing of flags and the cheers of her sup
pOrterS, she swept across the line with
Harvard four full boat lengths behind
her.
As soon as the crews passed the finish
the men dropped their oars and lay
back on their seats exhausted. Every
body thought some one would faint, but
none did. The coXSwainS splaShed water
i'll the oarsmen's faces, and in minute
they were all at their oars again. Yale
pulled to the float just above the shore
line bridge, and her men tumbled out
of their boat as fresh looking as though
they had just been taking a spin for
pleasure. The Yale launch steamed up
to the float, and general admiration
meeting followed. Bob Cook threw his
arms around each mans neck and told
him he had done Splendidly. The other
coachers followed, and though they
were not quite SO atfectionate as Bob
Cook, their actions left no doubt in the
minds of the spectators that they were
greatly pleased with the eight mems
work. They all piled into the launch
and went back to their quarters. Har-
wards eight after the race, pulled over
to their launch and soon
Disappeared UP the River.
Then followed great scramble among
the boats TO get back to their respective
piers. ALI wheeled about and made for
the draw bridge. They were generally
landed up, but no serious accident oc-
Cured. AS soon as the boats touched
their dock, the hundreds of rejoicing or
sOTrowful passengers sprang off and
hurried to get out of town. The station
was soon packed with mass of screech-
ing and half frantic humanity. The
girls were as enthusiastic as the boys.
When the Yale men got back to their
quarters, johnson, who has rowed for
two years III the bow, was elected cap
tain of the next years crew.
d, The crews were: Yale-Stroke. E.
F. Galleau; Z, S. B. Ives, captain; 6.
j. NJ. Longaere; 5. j. Nj. Goetchus; 4,
a. p. Rogers; 8, A. l.. Van Hueyck; 2,
+. l.. Messler; bow, f. A. Johnson;
coZswain, F. E. Oimstead. Average
age, 81; height, 5.11; weight, l67A.
Harvard-Stroke. E. II. Fennessy: Z, @.
K. Cummings; 6, d. II. Vail, captain:
5, G. r. Fearing; 4, L. Davis; 8, Nj.
Newell; 2, w. |. johnson; bow, G. E.
Burgess; cozswain, Victor Thomas.
Average age, 2l; height, 5.1l: weight,
1851.
The official time by half miles is as
follows: Yale-Haif mile, 2:52; mile,
5:5S; one and half miles, 900: two
miles, 1906; two and half miles, 1922:
three miles, 16:49; three and half
miles, 2l:50; four miles, 25:15. Harvard
Half mile, 2:5l; mile, 2:57; one and a
half miles, 9:03; two miles, 1910: two
and a half miles, 1929; three miles,
1880; three and a half miles 2l:5O:
four miles, 25:l5.
The Race in Detail.
At 11:04 Referee Reeves heard the
Cali ready, SIR" from the anxious cap
tains, and shouted 60" from his sta
ton at the PROV of the referees boat.
and sixteen oar blades, swung by the
regular creWs-not substitute being in
either boat-fairly elawed the water in
their anxiety to get away. Here the
Yale practice in starting told, and the
Blues shot ahead. Only for an instant,
however, was the lead maintained. The
blue oars seemed almost stagnant as the