The record-union., 1897-06-24
YALE WON.
Her Crew Defeats Harvard and Corr
nell and Breaks All Records.

POUGHk EElPS1E IN. J., June 20
Three crews of freshmen on the Hud-
son this evening smashed to smith
Greens all previous records for fresh
men on a two-mile course, and put up
one of the hottest intercollegiate races
ever witnessed in this country.
A crew of sturdy men of Yale rowed
the course in 8 minutes, 1919 seconds.
A trifle lighter crew of Harvard fresh
| men fought them every inch of the
way, and finished a trif1e over two
| lengths behind them. and the Cornell
freshmen, whose college record is that
none of its freshmen crews has ever
been beaten before, finished a length
behind Harvard in 9:2915. The best
previous record for two miles was 9:41,
made by the Columbia freshmen crew
of 94 at New London in 1891
The start, which was originally sched-
uled for $3.50 p. M, was postponed be-
cause of water conditions until Z
o'clock. Then the crews were got in
line, and at 40 the pistol sounded.
Harvard got the best clip on the water,
and in few strokes drew TO the front
with Yale almost a quarter length to
the rear.
ty-five strokes to the minute, and Yale
at a stroke of thirty-four. At the eighth
mile Yale, finding that she was trailing
behind, increased her stroke to thirty
six and began to draw up. while Har-
ward and Cornell dropped down to
thirty -four each
At the quarter Yale was still be-
hind, but seemed to be rowing easily,
while Cornell and Harvard We're work.
ing hard, Cornell drawing up on the
Harvard lead. Yale was easing her
stroke, and within the next half mile
brought it down to thirty-three and
thirty-four, but even then seemed to
gain, and there was a perceptible dash
to the boat that seemed lacking in the
others.
AT the three-quarter mark it became
apparent that the heavyweightS in the
Yale boat were going to prove trouble
some to the lighter youngsters in the
Harvard boat, and the still lighter ones
in the Cornell shell. Just crossing the
mile line Yale had picked her boat up
even with that of Harvard, and was
showing its nose forward few inches
with each stroke.
Cornell was laboring a length behind
Harvard, rowing a rapid thirty-six
stroke to Harvard's thirty-five ard
Yale's steady thirty-three. From that
point on to the finish Yale rowed stead
lily at thirty-three and thirty-four.
quickening to thlrty-three several
lengths from the finish in an endeavor
to make the breach between her old
enemy (Harvard) and herself a trif1e
wider. And, although Harvard picked
her stroke up to thirty-six after passing
the mile, and held it there until the
finish, it lacked power, and the boat
gradually dropped behind crossing the
line trife over two lengths behind the
Yale boat.
When Yale passed both the Harvard
and Cornell crews, just beyond the mile
mark, Cornell who had pulled their
boatboat ON even terms, and, perhaps
as seen from the observation train
slightly in advance of Harvard. made
a desperate effort to keep Yale from
gaining, but it was of less avail even
than Harvard's effort, and at the mile
and half there was clear water be-
tween Cornell and Harvard From
there on to the finish Cornell whooped
up to thirty-six per minute. and closed
the gap slightly, finishing just about
an even length in Harvard's rear.
None of the crews seemed distressed
when they finished. but Yale was de-
cidedly the freshest of the three.