New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24
YALE FRESHN En- WIN.
EVERY FOOT or THE COURSE DESPER-
ATEIY CONTESTED.
THE YOUNGSTERS GIVE As PRETTY An EX-
HTRITION As THE VARSITY. AND
EVEN MORE EXCITING

EVEN M'hh HN' law
, New-I0ndon. Conn. Jun" :" 'SpNclai)-Ih"
people that left here f"r nom" inm"dlA''y uP'"
the conclusion ~ tho variety race, without
waiting FOR the freshman contest. mSS'H one ~
the prettiest aquatic battles ever decided on me
Thames. In desperate s'ruHSi"' the ISSUE OF
which IN doubt until tn" last dozen BOAT
lengths ~ tho tv'p-mil" course Yale pluck ara
bulldog courage won. and tho Blu" finished hrst'
The Crimson second with the Carn"nan ana
whit" third
Had not the storm of me DAY ""Iore '""seu
postponement thTo"in4 me prlh''p"l event Wv
into III" DAY or IN" freshman 'd''' '' - "''',
! likely that the latter would hav" been faVore1
with such an audience. As II turned out no."
ever the greater part ~ The crowd that VII
ressed ~ r'haraus' victory - tho carly after
noon iourneyed back 20 tn" sro"" .at"r in the
day. most ~ them expo ting 10 50" me same
colors cross The In" fra. and speculaone 'ny
20 whether the Rll" or The 'rnnT'n "'uid
have the honor = chasing mo 'orn'N ooa' IN
VFX ATIOTs DELAYS ~ STARTING
1A ,rshr,,, roco &, WA announced bv the
.,,.. Mould >, c,l,od =, 2 o,ciock This
49,. ,1,.,. ..,.or 49,, hour and y half FOR
"'''" "' -, -. IN,
'"' ,. ,n r,rs.
W. no.. Io,, >, s,,,rr,,ro
around 70 make connections and many persons
IN tho conRested state Of tho towns hotels and
ros,surouts obtained but a scanty repast This
vas a,o,her instance % the wrc,ched manage
mon, that characterized the two days' events
D. ,,.,.o1 %, tho roc, be,ng hold n 3 o'clock
q, ,,os ,,,,,, q, bour and n holr later before II
tot nine. During all this time he impatient
monde tired out nv the DELAYS and vexations Of
,,.,. .a,,ot ,a,,.,,ly FL, hurd IGNORANCE
OF what the UouDe WAS OF '"' '''S'" III TIC
pos pOrement
1,a Sam. ,ovorahIa conditions ~ sky and
- 49,, o,.o.,,l 49,. .vars,,,. ro.s oh,aired
water th"t auehuc" 'he N"'S"Y '"'o "''''''.'
FOR the freshman struggle. II anything the
skies and river were bluer ard more beautiful
, ~. o.,ar, ,,.,,, una ,i,,vtrc diagonallv
"bh' "eS'e''Y VIM ""'
across the course pu' no. S'o"sS '""ue" -
cause any trouble. me course WAS ''' 'a9' TWO
n''S w 'n' one ''''' '"e '"''.''
the hh'sh ne'hs %" '"e SAM S'''' ''',''
the bridge. Tho starting point had however
hoen shifted from the west 20 the east bank Of
tho r,.er ard inst below the turn in the four
inv '''''' anu '''' '..,,,' 49, .,,,o.
mile course FROM mere the INNS" me- t"o "''eS
away was plainly discernible. and looking down
~. river the long lam, II BRIGHT sparkling
'0 . - - ,, t .h to-, .
"A'e'' "e''''i'0u u" "
yA'hth' hdIi"""'S an" ca "'''" '' % "'
a beautiful and inspiring sight
,ur, - ,.,,o,,.,, -, pootrro>G
ii III tiOiN" - ''''
Yale had drawn the east course. nearest the
sbora e,orneu was I'm the centre and Harvard
- . -, ~ ,,,i.,t, ,, tho s,raa,,
on 'he west ~ '""''u ~" ''''''' ~ NV "
In this straiehtaway trip mere was propanN
but little choice In the Positions and whichever
. ,,;oh. ho t.fo,fed they could give no other
&c" '''e" ,, ,,,,
reason thth 'na' 'ieS WIZ '''''P'' 'u'''"0N
The sun settling close 10 the nils over
Fort Criswold-Groto when the starters pistol
- - - aha, ,-,,.,d on, - tb,
belie ',e ,ta 80 ,i,c',. r,r.s ever roNed
= ~ -" ., - ea,'abt he vyoter nlcol, ana an
~, w ',,hor, any advantaee over each
phle"'S n,I al yola rr,,sd thirtv-f,ur
otneI 49, , ' u,rll. Harvard va
suohe az .'i' .Lin,,, o., in a dnsr.rata bur
hltths u Wy ~ h,a, no LOAD So much nr,zed
in a shell contest. Even IL the first eighth of
mile II was seen tna' ,h a. os =, M de
a,,rod earI,, in tho Varsity race
r,,v rrcur CLOSELY CONTESTED