The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-06-24
YALE FRNSHNEN WlN.
Harvard and Cornell Defeated in
Remarkably Fast Time.
FRESHMEN RECORDS LOWERED.

The New Haven students Covered the
TWO Mile Course In Nine Minutes.
Nineteen and Half seconds-IIar-
ward n Close second.
Poughkeepsie, N. y, June 2A-Three
crews Of freshmen on the Hudson last
evening smashed TO smithereens all
previous records for freshmen on two
mile course, and put up one of the hot
test intercollegiate races ever wit
messed in this country. A crew Of
sturdy Yale freshmen rowed the two
miles course in 9 minutes 1919 seconds:
a trihe lighter crew of Harvard fresh
men fought them every inch Of the
way and finished a trine over two
lengths behind in 9.26M and the Cor
nell freshmen, whose college record is
that none of its freshmen crews have
ever been beaten before, finished a
length behind Harvard in 9.29h. The
best previous record for two miles was
9.41, made by the Columbia freshmen
crew of '94, at New London, in 1891
While the conditions here are better
for fast time than they are upon the
Thames, and while, therefore, some al
lowance should be made for the much
better exhibition, yesterdays race was
a very remarkable one, all three of the
crews having lowered the record. the
last crew in the -Cornell-doing
so by 11h seconds, All three of the
crews used every pound of power in
their boats at every stage of the two
miles, and each crew at some period Of
the race was in the lead.
Inc victory Oh Yesterday Is looked
upon py the crowds mere as being in
some measure INDICATIVE OF the result
oI tomorroWs big varsity race. 1t is
not contended that the order of finish
VIII pc the same, Tor Mr.. Lehman,
OF Harvard, mas all along said that his
freshmen had been badly neglected,
anu could not be looked upon as rep
resenlatlVe freshmen crew On the
contrary the Yale crew OF youngsters
mas been said to be more sure of Win
nlng than their varsity, while Mr.
Courtneys Cornell crews have had
equal attention paid to them. The
chances' therefore, as picked out today
are that the order of Fridays finish
Is llkely to be Harvard, Yale, Cornell.
On account of the rough water at the
bridge the race was postponed until
O'Clock last evening, and at ten min
utes past that hour the boats were
started. Harvard got the best clip on
the water, and in few strokes drew to
the front, closely followed by the Cor
nell crew. with Yale almost a quarter
length to the rear, Harvard and Cor
neil started at 80 strokes to the min
ute' ana Aaie at a sweeping stroke of
o. AZ tue elEhlh hlle yale hnding
lhat she was tralllng behind increased
her stroke TO 80 and began to draw up,
Whlle harvard ana cornell dropped
doWh 10 "a each. AT the quarter Yale
was SUN pehlnd' put seemed to be
rowing easily While Harvard and Cor
hell We're working hard, Cornell draw
ing up upon the harvard lead
aie was easing up her stroke and
Wltilih the next nan mile brought 1t
uoWh TO 90 ana 81 put even then she
seemed TO gam ana there was per-
ceptlple nash TO the boat that seemed
lacklhs IN the others There was little
or no hahg' Whlle the Harvard boat
seemed 10 go hard' and the Cornell
poys ulu not seem TO pe aple TO keep
up 10 the Hlafk' acllng as though they
had hheIy trained AT the three-quar-
Ter marx 4ale was coming up rapidly
on Harvard and cornell, rowing 30 to
the minute Whlle the two latter evil
dehlly Ieellns the erect OF the pace In
lhe hrst mlle' mad dropped to "a each.
just crossing the mile line Yale had
pulled her boat uD even with that of
Harvard and was showing its nose for
Ward rev inches with each stroke,
Cornell was laboring length behind
Harvard, rowing a rapid 36 stroke to
HarVard's 30 and Hale's steady 80,
From that point on to the finish
yale roWed steadily at 80 and "a
quickening to S6 several lengths from
the Hnish IN an endeavor to make the
breach between her old enemy Har-
ward, and herself a triae wider. And
although Harvard picked her strokes
up to 96 after passing the mile, and
held It there until the finish, 1t lacked
power, and the boat dropped gradually
behind, crossing the line a trife over
two lengths behind the Yale boat.
and Cornell crews inst bovond tba m
mile mark. Cornell, who had pulIed
their boat on to even terms and per-
haps, as seen from the observation
train slightly in advance of Harvard,
lnaue desperate eIIort TO Keep Yale