The Worcester spy., 1899-06-30

When the news was carried to the
Harvard quarters Immediately after
the finish of the varsity race, the band
was coached by some Harvard boys I'M
playing Fair Harvard" The cooks,
walters, boatmen and some outsiders
Joined in yells of Joy. The first boat
to come up the river was a private
yacht with a Yale party aboard. ItI
sailed by to the tunes of Fair Har-
ward" and Here's TO good old Yale!
from the band. Next came the de-
feated sons Of Eli and as their launch
bore them past the Harvard quarters
the band played the Yale tune again
and again Not head aboard the
launch turned; not cap was waved;
their defeat bore too poignantly upon
them, and they passed gloOmily up tol
Gales Ferry.
A moment later Boatman Hart yelled:
There comes the Frank Thomson
The band marched to the front of the
bluff. and Fair Harvard" was begun
again. The boys aboard the Harvard
launch leaned far out over the gun
" ales and frantically waved their caps
and shouted BY this time other Cam
bridge men had arrived, and as the nose
of the Thomson slid along the edge of
the float, a score Of hands reached out
TO seize the victorious oaTsmen. The
congratulatOry cries and joyful eXcla-
nations We're beyond description. The
oarsmen were hugged, patted on the
back and called, Dear old fellows" un-
til they skunk away from sheer wea-
IlncssstO bathe and dress.
CoXswain Wadley said: Il got fearful
as to the outcome only once. During
the second mile Yale did a. tremendous
spurt, and for a minute it looked dub
10us but the boys responded beautifully
and moment later We felt We had the
race we'll in hand The two things that
contributed most to our success We're
our slow stroke and tremendous drive
those and the fact that the four and
freshmen had done their share. Why,
at the end of the freshmen race, when
my boys heard the news, they got fairly
wild to get into their shell. They
danced up and down the dock, fairly
shaking with nervous excitement and
e4gerIess.
DR.. f. A Darling, 80, the expert en-
ployed by the Harvard athletic com
mittee to study the physiological as
poets Of the training, said: The race
was beautifully rowed by the Harvard
men from start to finish, and there We're
absolutely no evidences of undue eXer-
ton or strain"
Head Coach E. c. Storrow was out
spoken in praise of his men. They
Won," he said simply by rowing hard,
and steady; it was a victory which did
them very great credit The time,
though good, would have been much bet
ter if the race had been rowed an hour
earlier, and if the excursion boats had
not crowded the course"
Capt +. /. HigginsOn, Jr., stroke of
the first winning Harvard crew since
1881, who contributed greatly TO crimson
success, was beaming with happiness
when he returned to quarters.
J. j StorroW. coach Of the freshmen
n Hf 10 a eir cafg .
The crew was remarkably fast one
and its special feature was the fact that
the men rowed well together"
Soon after dinner the varsity election
was held and F. J.. Higginson, Jr., was
again chosen captain of the eight.
At the Yale quarters at Gales Ferry
there was dense gloom from the time
the varsity crew landed after the race
until they left for New Haven. Dinner
which was served almost immediately
after the crew returned. was eaten in
silence, that is by those who had any
appetite. 4 majority Of the three crews
tasted but little substantial food, while
some sat looking at their plates with
tears running down their cheeks.
After dinner, those who pulled in th-
shell reelected Captain Frederick ",
Allen. 80. of Walpole, Mass, as cap
tain of next years varsity.
Captain Allen. in speaking Of the
was won on its merits. Harvard had 4
fast crew and deserved a victory. "Oul
crew. I know, was not especially slow
Head Coach Gallaudet said: "TheIe
is little to say at a time like lh,s AL
we can do is to extend cOngratula ti0n!
to Harvard for their well earned vic
tory"
Richard c. Armstrong. an old Yal'
oar. said: We were simply beaten GU
of our boots. But Yale is not feeling
sore over the defeat; only a bit &C
pressed" The three crews, as soon al
dinner was over packed up their be
longings and left for New Haven on
special train.
The races preliminary to the var
sity simply served to whet the specta
tors appetite Three thirty o'clock
the hour appointed for the fours. foun'
neither oarsmen nor officials in tn
range of vision of the spectators on tn
ten-car observation train which ran ol
the east side of the river for this race
Three-quarters of an hour elapsed be
fore the quartets from the two ap
peared in their shells, and at 40 boil
boats were in position at the 'varsit.
eight starting point opposite Gale
Ferry.
The forenoon plans called for tn
rowing Of both races up stream, but tn
rowing Of these races in the Afternoon
made it necessary TO paddle dow
stteam in all three races Harvar'
had been allotted the eastern cours
asd Yale had the western lane. Afte
the boats were in position, Referee Mel