Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-29
WON IT In THE FIRST MILE
Yale Had the Varsity Race Before Covering
0ne-Fourth of the Course.
HARVARD MADE A vEEY POOR SHOWING
Old Elrs Boys Were Never Crowded and
Won They Liked by Nine
Open Lengths In Rather
Slow Time.

NEW LONDON, Conn, July 2S.--The oars
men Of Yale today defeated the
men from Harvard for the thlr-
teenth time since the annual con-
tests were inaugurated between the col
leges at Springfield in 1876 The race was
rowed under favorable conditions and was
fair test Of merit, in which Harvard was
beaten by thirty-fve seconds, or nearly ten
| lengths The distance was four miles On the
| Thames river, down stream, from point be-
low Gales Ferry and extending to the big
railroad bridge at New Lcndon. The official
time was Yale, 21:3O; Harvard, 90 O5. The
phrase yale has won" has become such
monotony in college athletics that it Is hardly
possible todays result will starte anybody.
When the sun came out about an hour be.
fore the race was called the hnlsldes and the
bridge were mass of moving, brilliant bits
of blue and crimson, pretty girls were every
where. decked in the color Of their favorite
college, and they frescoed the boats and the
| hisides.
The steamers and yachts were not allowed
to go very very far up stream, so they gath
cred about the finish in a dense squadron ex-
tending for nearly mile above the bridge.
There were two or three of the large sound
| steamers packed from stem to stern with
| human cargo, present
Crews never responded more promptly to
| the referees warning to be ready than did
| Yale and Harvard today. Scarcely had the
whistle blasts Of the referees boat, Dora, died
away than the Harvard lads emerged from
their boathouse at Red Top, bearing their
| shell. On the same instant up at Gales
| Ferry the men from Yale trudged down the
float from their boathouse with their she'll
Both crews were quickly in the seats and
| they pulled away from the floats at almost
the same moment. Without any unnecessary
delay both crews got into position at the
starting line.
GOT AWAY TOGETHER.
Promptly at 4:43 the signal was given and
both crews caught the water at the same mo-
ment. Harvard started with quick stroke
| but the Yale boat soon forged ahead rowing
about forty strokes minute, while Harvard
| was doing forty-one. Jennings substitute
| for Hollster in the Harvard crew. rowed re-
| markably well and the critics who watched
his work were loud in his praise. The Yale
| men, who were on the west side of the river
| rowed evenly and their shell shot through the
water very smoothly, while Harvard's craft
| sagged between strokes. 1t was soon seen that
| No. in the latter boat was doing very poor
work. He turned on the catch before the rest
| of the crew.
When the half mile mark was reached
| the Yale boys had a lead of two lengths
and they slowed down to a stroke of thirty
! five, but the wearers of the crimson still kept
| their stroke above forty. The water was
smooth and the conditions were everything
that could be desired. The body work Of the
sons of Eli was excellent, while that of the
| Harvard crew became worse, and No was
| Splashing badly as the first mile ended. At
the mile Yale had increased her lead to three
lengths and the men were rowing like ma
chine. When they passed the mile and half
mark they had not gained any mere on their
| adversaries
The wind changed slightly to the south
| which made the water a little rough Both
crews splashed a good deal over the one and
half mile line, but the Yale men soon re-
covered an even stroke of thirty-seven and
| the Harvard men were unsble to cut down
the three lengths lead at the two mile mark.
The Yale boat was steered by Coxswain
Clark as straight as an arrow, but the Har-
ward coxswain seemed to lose control of his
boat. At the two and half mile flag the
boats course changed and 1t made a big turn
losing fully length before being straight
ened out. At this point it was plainly seen
that, barring accident, Yale would win in
easy fashion, as she increased her lead con-
stanly though gradually. The body swing of
the crew continued regular and steady.
YALE GAINED STEADILY.
The Harvard men seemed to swing out OF
the boat The cheers and footing of the
whistles now began in earnest and the Yale
cry heard from both sides of the river
HacvGrdIs stroke increased to forty-one
but Yale kept at thirty-seven as the third
mile was finished When the three miles was
reached Yale had lead Of five lengtho and
was gaining steadily. A stretch OF rough
water was met here and both crews splashed
considerably. The Harvard boys were lack
Ing in steadiness and failed to act together.
They held on bravely, although defeat was
certain. The thousands of spectators who
| hn of thn fhs lin
Cheere1 the wearers OF the crimson but it
was all to no purpose. The bows were near
tho excursionists' floating craft, with which
the river was covered. The Harvard boat. at
three and one-fourth miles, swerved a little
out of her course towards the eastern side,
where the steamers Richard Peck and Isa-
bel we're lying, but CoXswain Rust did not
seem to fear any trouble. The Isabel was
inside of the Richard Peck and she backed
out Of the way. The moving Of the steamer
caused quite a swell. which interferei very
much with the Harvard shell, and a man in
Il canoe came very close to the college men S
oars while they passed.
They were six lengths bshind at the start
Of the last half mile and showed signs OF the
wear and tear Of the race. The Yale men,
however, hit up their stroke from this point
and rapidly gained another length The
Harvard crew heli on plucklly. The Yale
} men, with each movement of their oars.
| seemed to get further ahead, and amid the
firing of cannon, blowing of whistles and
| GuSelIi!S VI lHs spCCldlOLs lle ANcW ii1fSll
oarsmen passed the winning flag, easy
, winners, by nearly ten lengths, Just as the
winning crew was crossing the line boat
containing a man and two girls crossed the
bow OF the Yale shell, and what might have
been a disastrous accident was avoided by a
hairs breadth. The Yale boys did not
slacken their stroke after the race was won
but continued rowing good clip under the
big bridge each one of the men sitting up
right and showing no bad effects of their
arduous task. The Harvard men showed
signs OF distress and some of them were seen
, to weaked as thsy finished thirty-fve seconds
later.
The official time for the entire race was as
follows:
Stake. Yale. Harvard
Half mile ...................... 2:4014 2:is
Mlle D'Ut D.
Mile and a half lf............... 7:i0 S:Ot
Two miles ...................... 1921 1913!
r Two and a half miles ....... II 80 1920