Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-29
BLUE DEFEATS CRIMSON
Yale Scores an Easy Victory In
the Varsity Boat Race.
HARVARD LOST BY BAD ROWING.
The Crew Started with Forty Strokes TO
the Minute, but Dropped to Thirty-two.
Days Steering Causes Amusement to
Friends of the Oarsmeu.

Friends of the Oarsmeu.
NEW LONDON, Conn, juno a9.-Th,
great varsity race between Yale and Har
ward is over. The former won an easy
victory, crossing the finish line fully II
lengths ahead of the crimson oolors. The
official time for the four miles Is: Yale, 9;
minutes and 81 seconds; Harvard "a min
utes and 10 seconds.
1t was 6:as when the Yale boat shot on,
from its boathouse u half mile above the
starting point, and began to cross the
stream. Immediately afterward, as ii
Yale's appearance were n signal, the
Harvard men trotted down out of theil
boathouse, picked up their shell and placed
1t gently in the water. They We're slow
in getting into 1t, however, and it was
$3.50 when the Harvard boat started fol
the float.
The men pulled slowly, resting ON their
oars now and again in order to give Yale,
who had so much farther to come, time &c
get to the float at the same moment Yale
had crossed clear over to Gales Ferry, op-
posite her boathouse, and then came down
with the current. She reached the start
ing point only u moment after Harvard,
and the two boats were quickly in place
side by side ready for the word
Start of the Race.
1t came and both sets of oars struck
the water together. and the boats darted
forward, while the Dexter, Manhanset and
Summer Girl, the only watching boats,
gave short, sharp toot to let the waiting
crowds down stream know that the rivals
were off.
As had been expected, Harvard started
with fast stroke, 40 to tho minute, hop
ing to break Yale's heart in tho first mile.
Yale responded gamely with IS strokes
and kept right abreast of Harvard. For
q furlong perhaps the boats We're nip and
tuck. Thon the longer, stronger stroke of
the sons of Old Eli began to tell, and Yale
drew away from tho straining Harvarditos.
At the half mile she was already five SOC
onds ahead-a full boats length-and her
lead steadily grew.
At the mile Harvard's stroke had drop
ped to SO, while Yale still kept on ut the
80 rate with which she started. There
seemed to DO no doubt that it was Yale s
race. Her lead grow steadily, and she
passed the mile and u half 10 seconds ahead
of Harvard. Both crews hero began to
reduce their stroke, Yalo dropping to SO
and Harvard to "a. While Yales strokes
were deep and strong and each Joined
onto the preceding one SO rs to send the
boat smoothly and steadily through the
water, Harvard's work was ragged.
At each stroke the Harvard boat would
jump forward with n pcrceptible jerk,
which would be repeated when the next
stroke came. After the first half mile Har-
wards men were never in perfect stroke.
Purdon and Billiard, pulling bow and No.
?, were always just u little behind the
rest, while Fennessey, No. Z, pulled rs If
he did not care whether he kept time or
not The Harvard mon all feathcred WE'LL
although rather too high for the best re-
suits, but their work in the boat was very
bad. If they had been perfect oarsmen,
however, they would still have lost the
race by their steering.
Harvards Awful Steering.
Whether Cockswain Day became ratified
by seeing his boat fall SO far behind or
at work, it is impossible to say, but from
tho mile flag on the Harvard boat Zigzag-
ged across the stream in n most extraor-
binary manner. AS tho two boats ap-
preached tho two and half mile flag
Yale 40 seconds in the lead. it became
evident that something was about to oc
cur. The Harvard boat went nearer and
nearer the staff, and from the watchers on
tho press and judges boat went up sort
of horror stricken murmur, He's going
to hit"
Hit he did, the starboard oars catching
the flag staff three feot from their ends
and knocking 1t back and forth in the
water. The sudden shock nearly threw
the Harvard men from their seats, and for
a moment it looked rs If their part of the
race was to end right there.
Nothing shows how game they all were
better than the quick recovery from this
disaster and the way in which
they closed up what the monentary stop
had lost them. For moment they al
most seemed to gain upon Yale. They
were As seconds behind at the three mile
flag, and at the fourth they were As be-
hind
1t was II game and splendid effort, but
1t could not last. Their stroke, which had
risen to SO, dropped rapidly to 81, while
the heavy way in which they handled
their oars showed that they were very
tired. So, too, were the Yale boys, but
they showed 1t less. being happy in the
victory SO near at hand.
The first three miles of the race were
run in almost absolute silence, but when
the boats entered the long sea lane, on
both sides of which the assembled yachts
and steamers were waiting, it seemed like
a change into new world
First the steamer Chelsea, anchored
higher up than any of the others, gave a
shrek of her whistle. Then little white
yacht let off a cannon nearly as big as
herself, and then pandemonium began.
After the Race.
AS tho boats rushed along the clamors
of applause from human, metallic and
brazen threats grow louder and louder
until one could hardly believe that the
scene could be the same quiet one on which
the setting sun had shone SO quietly brief
Eve minutes before.
When the shells had passed the line, u
vast shoal Of small boats, coming from
manner, scurried out and gathered. around
both the racers. The Yale men sat up
straight and strong. none of them show
ing signs of weakness, but three of Har
wards men dropped forward over the oars,
not fainting. but utterly exhausted by the
long and hopeless struggle.
Purdon and Bullard looked utterly done
up, and Stevenson was little better.
who had suffered from sun
stroke and who, 1t was thought, would
not be able to pull, stood to the work
gamely and showed but little signs of fa-
dgue.
+ All the men braoed up sufficiently to
row the boat ON down the stream to their
doae Stevenson alone sat bowed over his
oar for awhile after the rest started, but
he soon Joined in.
The men separated TO their quarters
after reaching their lighthouses. ALI were
given three cheers. Yale crew was carried
on the shoulders OF fellow students
! RACE SEERS SCARED.
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