The Portland daily press., 1897-06-24

Jus5 crossing the mile line Yale had
puIieo her boat up even with that Of Har-
vard ana was showing it's nose forward
lew lnches With each stroke. Cornell was
!aporlng a length behind Harvard, row
ing rapid 56 stroke to Harvard S 35 and
Yale's steady 33.
From that point on to the finish Yale
rowed steadily at SO and 81, quickening
to 70 several lengths from the finish in an
endeavor to make the breach between her
old enemy, Harvard and herself trife
| wider. And altho ugh Harvard picked her
| stroke up to 80 after passing the mile and
held it there until the finish. it lacked
power and the boat dropped gradually be-
hind, 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. Cor
| nell, who had pulled their boat on to even
terms and perhaps, as seen from the OBJ
servation 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
between Cornell and Harvard From
there on to the finish Cornell whooped it
up to 36 per minute and closed up 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 decided
ly the freshest of the three. When the men
of Yale turned their boats nose toward
| their own house, there was a tornado of
shrieking whistles, horns and hoarse
| shouts,
| There was not very much demonstration
in the city tonight because the rooters
and the members of the crews themselves
were too anxiously awaiting the event of
Friday
Mr. Courtney of the Cornell crews said
tonight that his freshmen were beaten by
the heaviness Of the Yale crew, which
was too much for them in a two mile
race.
Mr.. Lehman of the Harvard crews
would not be seen tonight, but Captain
Goodrich of the Varsity crew said: fHar-
ward is very much pleased with the result
of the race today. Neither Mr.. Lehman
nor myself had any idea that our Fresh
man crew would do anything. They had
practically trained themselves. Mr.. Leh-
mann devoted nearly all his attention to
the Varsity crew. They gave the Yale.
men a pretty good fight and beat our old
victors of last year, and altogether we are
very proud of Them"
Coach Ward of the Pennsylvania crew
did not take any of his crews out today
at all and saw the race himself. He said:
II think Yale won upon her merits
entirely. They were heavier men and
pulled in much more steady style than
either of the other crews.'
Coach Cook at his quarters was playing
cards with some members of the Varsity
crew when a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press asked him to give some ex-
preston on the result. Mr.. Cook, said,
turning from the table: II think, sim
ply this: 1t was the best rowing that
won.g Harvard rowed very effectively,
indeed and put up gamy race.
| ECoxswain, Walton, of the win
ming crew said this evening:
eve expected to win the race,
but we did not think it would be as easy
as it was. We had thought that both
Cornell and Harvard would distance us
on the first mile, and we had depended
tupon spurts in-the second mile to win.
Our men were in good condition the fin
ish of the race, but the Harvard boys
seemed to be tagged out. Their stroke
tainted in the boat I think, for I saw
them throwing water ON his head after
they passed the stake boat"