The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-30

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eight He is 20 years old. weighs 175,
and is feet, 10 inches high.
p. l.. Mitchell rowed No. on last
years freshman crew. He comes from
Cincinnati He is member of the
class of O1, 10 years old, weighs 100,
hight feet, Ii inches.
/. J. C. Greenway rowed No. 4 on 81
varsity crew and was a substitute last
year. He is g. member OF the class Of
90, and his home is at Hot Springs,
Ark. He is % years old, weighs 15S,
height 6 feet.
j. w. Cross was No. 8 on his fresh
man crew, and substitute on last
years varsity eight. He will graduate
next year. He comes from New York.
He is 81 years old, weight 1S4 and six
feet in hight.
The Harvard varsity crew of this
year is made up of men who have had
much rowing experience. although only
two of them, Captain Higginson and
Harding, the bow oar man, have been
members of previous varsity Fights
Higginson was No. 4 and Harding was
No. 5 in last years big crew Sheaf,
No. q; Bancroft, No. 6; Wood, No. 3,
and Evans, No. 2, all have had train
of nearly all Harvard rowing material.
Lawrence and Tilton We're Nos 5 and 4.
respectively, and have had good train
ing with their class crews. A summary
of the varsity crew follows:
Francis Lee Higginson, Jr., 1900. of
Boston, stroke and Captain, was Cap
tain of his freshman crew. rowing No.
g. and stroked the winning class crew
in his sophomore year. He rowed No.
4 in the varsity last year and No. in
the winning Junior class crew this
spring. Age p, hight 81, weight 161.
Charles Minot Sheaf, 1901, law, No.
Z, of Seattle, Wash, rowed on the
Weld crews last year, and stroked the
winning Law School Weld this spring.
Age "a, hight 81, weight 1862
Hugh Bancroft, 1901, law, No. 6. of
Cambridge; rowed No. ON the '9S class
crew in his senior year and u on the
first Weld this spring, age -, hight
6.2la. weight 1S1.
James Lawrence, Jr., 1901. No. 8,
comes from Groton. He has rowed on
his class crew for two years, being Cap
tain this spring. Age y, hight g.,
weight lib.
NEWELL Whiting Tilton, 1000, No. a, Of
Cambridge, rowed No. on his fresh
man crew and No. 6 on his class crew
this spring. Age 20, hight 6.2A, weight
III
Clement Biddle Wood, 1901, law, No.
3, is from Philadelphia During his last
two years at college he rowed ON the
Weld senior crew and this spring he
rowed No. 6 on the victorious Law
School eight. Age 20, hight 10, weight
ia
Dwight Durkee Evans, 1901, came
from ST. Louis, rowed two years on the
Weld Junior crew, which he stroked
this year at the Harlem regatta Age
20, hight 5.11A, weight $50.
Charles Lewis Harding, 1900, bow, of
Boston, stroked his Weld class crew
and the Weld Junior crew in his sopho-
more year, and rowed No. 5 on last
years varsity boat. Age 20, hight SO.
weight 1854.
Herbert Arlington Wadleigh, 1900,
coxswain, of Boston. was coxswain of
his class crew this spring. Age q,
hight 5.11a. weight 102.
Substitute:
Robert Fulton Blake, 1892 comes
from Boston. He rowed ON his class
crew in his sophomore year and on the
Weld senior crew. Last spring he was
No. 2 in the varsity eight, when illness
compelled him to leave the boat This
spring he rowed bow in his class crew
Age 21, hight 6. weight 100.
John Devereaux Herman, 1900, is from
Brooklyn He was substitute on his
freshman crew and rowed No. 4 in his
sophomore crew and No. in the var
sity of '9S. Age II. hight $40, weight
10.
John Forbes Perkins, 80, comes from
Milton, rowed on all four Of his class
crews. Rowed No. 6 on the 81 Varsity
and was substitute on the Varsity last
year. Age p. hight g. weight ia.
Lawrence Endieott, '01, of Boston,
rowed on the B. A. A. Junior crew
Rowed on his class crew for two years.
Age 20, hight So weight 1913.
The average of the crew as given
above is as follows: Age 20 years. 3
months; hight, 5 feet II inches; weight,
16S pounds
THE FoUR-OARED RACE.
The course has become smoother and
the sky is clear.
4:12 p. m.-They're off.
Harvard got the water first and
yards from the start Harvard led by
nearly length. Both crews rowing
splendidly. AT the quarter mile Har-
ward had increased her lead and Yale
was splashing slightly. Harvard's men
rowed thirty-six strokes, slowing up a
trifie as they approached the half mile.
apparently. Yale rowed 3d. At the
half Harvard led by a length and
half. Their position was maintained as
they proceeded through the second half
of the first mile, though Harvard APP
peared to be slowly, but surely in
creasing her lead. AT the mile Harvard
led by about length and three
quarters. At the mile and a quarter
Harvard was two and half lengths
ahead, and pulling 80 to Yale's "a. AT
the mile and half, Harvard pulling
easy at 81 and two and a hdlf good
lengths ahead. Yale crew, however.
were squirting and just after passing
this mark, hit UP the stroke to 81. Ap-
preaching the finish, Harvard has clear
lead of four lengths, while Yale splash
ing.
Harvard's time 1O:4S2k; Yale's time
1l:O4%. Harvard won by five lengths.
The Yale Freshmen crew, which wit
messed the race from the pier, are get
ting into their shell, while the Harvard
Freshmen crew are in their shell up
the river
Both substitute crews finished in
good shape. The Harvard crew was a
trlf1e better. Both crews have power
enough to take number Of short
spurts over the line, while the Harvard