St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-01

SpuIl. dlC SlOW oLIOh Z
hardly changed. Two hundred and fifty
yards from the first mile the crews
were pulling side by site, and
volley upon volley of yells from
land and water drowned the
voices OF the coXswains in their eXhorta-
tionS to stand steady and to keep up
their stroke. Just when Harvard struck
what seemed to be her winning
lead, the eights circled the point which
mad hidden the start from the thousands
of spectators on the observation train.
When the situation was grasped, the
Harvard contingent went frantic. Grim
son colors were rampant and the strug-
CLING Oarsmen just below the shore were
reused to their sturdiest efforts by the
laundering wells which reverberated
from the grottoed shore in resonant
echo AT the half-mile the Harvard
boat was moving at terrific, though
slightly unsteady pace. The lead had
been Increased to about ten yards. though
Cummings, No. Z, and Johnson, No. 2,
Were SpIashing Badly.
Cummings was powerful in stroke. His
efforts were perceptibly the most vigor-
Gus of any member of the boat, but his
body work was uneven and his finish
ragged. From the halt-mile honors were
even. The shells shot past the first
mile stake with Harvard's lead good by
nearly half a length, and her stroke
strong. 1ale's pace was the traditional
steady COOK stroke, easy and graceful,
but seemingly losing at about every dip.
The wind increased i'll velocity here,
and the contest resolved itself
into a colossal test of endurance.
The rugged breeze began to tell
on the Harvard boat, and the gap be-
tween the prows lessened. A hundred
and fifty yards from the mile post the
struggle for supremacy was fought out
to desperate finish. Yale moved along,
closing gradually, and Harvard;s stroke
faltered. The race was settled in the
next 100 yards. Inch by inch the boats
evened, and at the end of the 100 yards
squirt the crmson-tipped oars were III
the rear. Deafening shouts greeted
Yale's great brace, and the eightS set
tied down to the grim question of the
final test.
AS the e-and-a-half-mile post was
passed the Harvard splashing Increased.
just beyond this point the Yale's oars
men seemed to get their second wind
and to push their boat more viciousy
than ever into the fierce beadwind The
Yale lead grew, and opposite the naval
station Gallaquet
FRit Up the Stroke
to clinch the thing to winning lead.
Harvard here steadied a trife, and, as
half the race ended, both crews were
rowing in the prettieSt and most uni
form manner they exhibited together
during the contest. The rowing was
strong. though against the terrific wind.
At the twomile post Yale's stern had
reached the Harvard PROV, and the
Harvard SymDathiZerS began to realize
that nothing but an accident, collapse
i'll the Yale boat OF an unexpected sDurt
from Harvard could save the day for
the Cambridge gentle men. Over the
next half mile the splashing of both
was bad. The waves ran high, and Of
fered the crews every inducement 10
become ratified" and break their stroke
into fatal disorder.
Close by the two, and-a-half- mile post,
Thomas, the Harvard coXswain, eXhib-
tied some inferior work, and, as a re-
suit, the crimson she'll swung past the
flag widely, and in dangerous proximity
to the eel grass. CoXsWain OimStead,
of Yale, hugged every post thus far
closely. and thereby gained at least half
a length for Yale. The Yale stroke be-
came easier as Olmstead saw that the
Yale lead had grown into two lengths at
the two and half miles. while Har-
Yards eXertiouS became manifestly
labored. Yale was catching the water
deeper than Harvard and splashing
much less. The waves were at their
highest along by the three-miIe post.
They dashed against the shells so
tiercely that the outriggers of both were
hit at nearly every gust. By the three
mile flag the long line of steamers and
and every eye saw that the race was
clearly and
lndisputablY Eale's.
The blue boat was three lengths in
the lead and moving beautifully. 4
clear course lay before them. The har-
bornaster's work was done nobly, and
not swell from the following steamers
reached either shell. Cummings was
doing notably desperate work in the
Harvard boat. His efforts were COM
though manifestly miSdi-
rected. The starboard oars, however,
were most notieeably ragged. The boat
went ahead by jerks, ana all hope for
crimson victory vanished.
in the Yale boat eight tirelesS oars
men were settling down 10 an iron
finish. Galiaudet was pale but de-
termined. His body work was awkward,
but his stroke caught the Thames with
uniformity. He was the near
est approach to weakening in the Yale
boat. When the command came from
Cant. Ives to make the final brace Cox
swain Oimstead stopped over and
dashed water in Gallaudet's face sew
eral times. 1t had the desired effect
and the great stroke settled into his
iirmest form. The stroke went up three
points and sent the she'll down the home
s retch like machine. Coxswain Ohm
stead'S aid to Gallaudet cost the Yales a
few yards, but il was not noticed III the
steady lead gained. Down the last
half-miIe Harvard weakened. Her all
round rowing was poor. and she crossed
the line nearly four lengths in the rear.