Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-27
DEFEATED BY YALE.
V,,,ard and Columbia 10 Tho Trlangl.
lar Boat Race.
FAVORABLE WEATHER AND WATER
t,m,. Ten Minutes aud TWsniy.sighi
sseouds--Mi,haps on the
River.

NEW LONDON, Juno 27.-Yale villas
nv thfes.quartsrs LENGTH Harvard, sec
ond. Columbia ten lengths "a. Time,
o, minutes 4 seconds (unsiliclaD
Hatyafd's freshmen eight Dared
rev, 70 confident Of victory, were de.
t,ated today by Yale, while Columbia
Va. third in the annual triangular
ov,r the two miles Of the Thames
W.,rf course. Watson, Of Harvard, 90
aid recently to have stated that II hit
lr.hmen did not win this year there
ass liltlo hoIe for his varsity eigh,
which rows with yale tomorrow.
The Associated Press scored
Triumph by Instantly announcing over
n, special wire aloBg the shore that
Yale was the winner.
Weather and water favored good
aee. In fact n southeast breeze was
blowing up the course over tue In.
coming tide, and heavy clouds shaded
the water. Just above tho railway
biidgs whenoB tho crews were 10 row
Two miles up the river with the tide
vas anchored n huge float, where
Referee Guy Richards lined the crews,
while Veteran A dee stood bobids him
10 DO official timing.
Al lO:S5 word was given. Harvard
fret caught the water, Columbis's oars
1ashed next while Yals In tho middle
u the course was sngging back. Haf.
ward on the Gfoton slide anu Columbia
sn the New London side pulled each
half a length ahead within six strokes.
Harvard after snort startling strokes
,quafedl away, rowing forty strokes 10
tue minute. Hazard gained on Yale.
Yale oyefhauled and led Columbia At
the quarter. AZ yet there was NJ clear
water between the shells. Columbia
crew ragged NJ she neared the fiftI hAif
mile Dag, and It became evident thus
Early that they were GutclAsHri. Har-
yafi made the nrst hail IN 2;lS, Yale
IN 800, Columbia In .!2b.
Entering tho seoOnd half Of the
hist mile, ColumblA's bowman broke
the fastening bar OF his row lolk aud
Vas scarcely Ablo TO pull his weight.
10 Yals's boat, No. was lssing hit
INT wind. No. In HArvards shell
was bucking his oar. Tbs crimson
crew were sAw.teethiIg from side ~
l.de In n ragged form. Yale, though
distressed, was pulling slong gAmoiy
lhlfiy-iour strokes 10 the minute a.
the smells passed tho first mile nag.
Hsf time at the mile wa. 1865. a
quarter Of second later came Grim.
t5n Columbia trailing over three clear
uoAt ltngths In the roar In 5.l6. Thence
the fco was YAlo's. though by an sx.
feediBgly slender margin. No. . In
fGlo's boat had gained his second
wind.
HatvaTd's men dropped thoir stroke
toaWeafy swing OF % strokes. Col.
ambiA was losing mOmentHrily. The
bowman frequently unShipped his car
and bis comrades were obliged TO car
y his dead weight until he was able
10 replace the BLADE.
Tho closing Of the racO was close and
spirited. The nshrnssf Of Harvard t.
Yale kept alive In the crimson the
hops VI winning by aapuft, II wa,
not In the boat, however. Yale went
over the Two mile and finish line Ia 10
minutes and IS seconds from tho start.
Harvard crossed In 1888, a length be.
Mud, while poor Columbia, with a
ditabled out.rigger, flushed In Hasa
,htren lengths behind Yale snd nltrou
thind Harvard.
HARVARD DECLINES.
BOsTOS, June 27.-rhs Harvard
anlyefslly's committee ON athletic
sports has sent u deolinRtion OF the
oxford and Cambridge univeIsiiirt'
challenge TO Rn international athletic
contest In this county next autumn.
Tue reply olOses.
vi We should be declared Fortunate
eheugh In some future year TO win OF
lhs clio OF tho water tho leadership IN
uAek athletics which this year belong,
20 Internationally 60 Yalo, We shall
lQlp Ia hnVeth.. piaasuF., NJ c,T,, p.tt,.,.