The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-30
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spectators and narrowing to oarsmen.
The boats inanoeuvred for their positions
ana at 4.66 they were successfully sent
away. Yale took the lead Instantly, row
ing msgniticently.
Harvard, too. was pulling IN beautiful
style and IL was clear that the freshman
half uile, Yale led by a meagre half
length. Here both crews did some splash
1 ing. At the mile Yale was In better form
and she had acquired a lead OF one
length. 1t looked like Yale win. but
in the final stretch the only unfortunate
Yale freshmen she'll reached down to
the finish Tag, 1t was seen that the mann.
moth draw bridge Of the New York, New
Haven 81 Hartford Railroad company
was open and that the de-wheeler exour-
sion steamer Glen Island, crowded With
passengers, came picughing up the river
directly In the course of the crews.
Shriektng whistles, shouting thousands
and snurryiug police boats finally served
TO impress upon the offending heimsman
that he was outrageousiy careless and the
big hulk turned of boz one side. Her
wash wrought havoc Witt the on-coming
crews. Haryard's position on the course,
on the eastern side OF the river, saved her
boat from serious harm, however, and
/ impeded her progress Bat comparatively
little. With the fals boat matters were
worse. EThe blue shell was almost
swamped; barrels OF water weresshippsd
and the crew lost entirely half dozen
! strokes.
Meanwhile, the lead which she had so
carefully nourished throughout this RAGS
was ruthlessly snhtched away by the
| Harvard boys and few seconds later the
Harvard youngsters crossed the line,
winners BY ia lengths: The time was
| m fw..o lyen tha ~ ..l
winning in minutes, 80 i-S seconds;
Yale minutes, 40 seconds.
This record, however, does not stand In
American intercollegiate rowing as the
time made in the triangular freshman
race between Cornell, Yale and Harvard,
at Poughkeepsie In 1897 Was Yale fresh
men. minutes, 10 1.2 seconds; Harvard
freshmen, minutes, 20 seconds; Cornell
freshmen, Q minutes, 30 seconds.
When the Associated Press carried the
news to the Harvard quarters, immedi-
ately after the finish OF the varsity race,
the band was coached by some Harvard
boys In to playing Fair Harvard" The
cooks, walters, boatmen and some ont
siders joined in yells OF joy. The first
boat TO come up the river was a private
yacht with Yale party on board. 1t
sailed by to the tunes OF Fair Harvard, I"
and Here's to Good Old Yale" from
the band. Next came the defeated sons
OF Eli and as their launch bore them past
| the Harvard band played the Yale tune
again and again. Not a head aboard the
launch turned; not a cap was waved:
their defeat bore too poignantly upon
them. and they passed glocrniiy up to
Gales Ferry.
A moment later Boatman Hart yelled
excitedly; f'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 ont over the
gunwales and frantically waved their
| Gaps and shouted. By this time other
Cambridge 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 oarsmen. The
congratuiatory cries and joyful exclama-
tions were beyond description. The oars
called "DearEold fellows" until they
skunk away from sheer WEAKNESS to battle
and dress.
Coxswain Wadley said:
II got fearful as to the outcome only
once. Daring the second nile Yale did
tremendous squirt and for minute 1t
looked dubious hut the boys responded
beautifully anu moment later we all
felt we had the race well in hand The
two things that contributed most to our
success were our slow recovery and tire
mendous leg drive. Those and the fact
phhe tuo IOuI tTetnfuou nhu 0O0o Enelr
| 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 mp and down the dock, fair
ly shaking with nervous excitement and
sagerness.
Head coach E. c. storrow was ont.
spoken In, his praise of the men. Capt
\. L. Higginson. Jr., stroke of the first
winning Harvard crew since 1891. who
contributed greatly to Crimson success,
was beaming with happiness when he
returned to quarters iss
j. j. Storrow, the coach OF the Fresh
man crew in speaking of the varsity said;
The crew was remarkably fast one
and its special feature was the fact that
the men rowed well together.H
Soon after dinner the varsity election
was held and 4. l.. Higginson was again
chosen captain of the eight.
At the Yale quarters at Gales Ferry
there was tense gloom from the time the
varsity crew landed after the race until
they left for New Haven.
Dinner which was served almost inn
mediately after the crew returned, was
eaten in silence, that is by those who had
any appetite.
After dinner. those who pulled in the
shell reelected Capt Frederick W. A Hen,
'99, OF Walpoie, Mass. as captain of next
years. varsity.
Capt. Allen in speaking of the race
said that 1t YVES "a hard one and was won
on its merits. Harvard had fast crew
and deserved victory. Our crew, /
know, was not especially slow"
. Head coanh Gallaudet and Mr.. Alfred
Cowles, who has been DR.. Galhaudet's
assistant also said that Harvard had ia
fine crew and deserved the victory.
The crews, as soon as dinnerswas over,
packed up their belongings and left for
New Haven on special train.
DELIGHT AT HARVARD.
Cambridge. Mass, JQpe 20, Mot many
students were left in Cambridge after the
general exodus following com mencement.
but those who remained received the good
news from Naw Landau tuiAl, ~, n,ath,.-