Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-30
HARVARD WINS
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iheave and the recover were simultane-
Gus in both shells and as the two crafts
sped on with noses and rudder exactly
even they looked as if they might have
been mechanically connected and pro-
PEELED by Identical machinery
Just before the first half mile was
reached Yale seemed to put more
power into her stroke and gave the frs;
intimation of an advantage. Harvard APP
parently paid no attention to this unim-
portant change of positions and rowed
steadily on. Accordingly at the half
mile flag the nose of the blue shell was d
trifie in the van, giving Yale. perhaps. /;
lead Of an eighth of length. The first
flag, however, had hardly been passed.
when Harvard spurted. Yale dropped her
stroke one point ana the Harvard boa1
came up on even terms.
Reaching down for the mile flag. the
Yale coxswain slightly swerved from his
true course and directly after the mile
flag had been passed Harvard took tine
lead. which she was not to surrender
throughout the race. Yale, whose men
had up to this point been rowing beaui-
fully, INDUCED in a little freaky watet-
manship and Harvard stole away. Dur
ing the next half mile the Crimson tipped
oars were gracefully sweeping through
the water at rate and in Il style which
fairly lifted the shell from the water,
and in this short stretch Harvard in
creased her lead to a full length.
The Yale steerer saw Harvard pulling
steadily away and he frantcally called
on his men to hit it up. They responded
nobly and increased the rate two points
rowing IS to the minute. Harvard, mean
whilo. had been rowing easily at "a and
after watching Yale "A few strokes Capt
Higgnson decided that a Harvard 81 was
as tellngssfs a Yale IS aud he wisely re-
fused to tesvenf - YaleS spurt. "A
At this ppiaas5he Harvard men -dfd
the prettiee rowing efsthe day and
among: those. on board the, ofI1ciaf beats
it was the unan shss q q Aiion-tRt no
finer. piece' 81 Avork has yer :ssen SEEN
on the Thames. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Yale.s ssssedisr stroke thesEfis.fapha i
impossible to Overcome .StAes Harxyaltl-
lead On the ,sdsf ary, duisfs, this very.
yale spprt, the H:svayd. :shelf actually
gained another kSif fef1Ah and, proc,
ceeded to make it, two, a.Ii lengths in
an amazingly short .HefioHI Yale. tafs-.
porarily surrendered and dranRsa rsni
SO. to 81, strokes to the minute ,36ile,
Harvard lowered her"stroke to&ssx
At the emile flag the CambrdeF beat
was fairly,.3iying through The wtaSsy,
her oaRmen, apparentyS. sgR5ehs.
strenger.FvYaIe was rowing. wen bind
improvef.in. the fsses half miIa.but for
every yctch of 1iaer work That Yale
cut out acknowledgement out two and
at the 21a mile hase lit: was Har-
wards advantage. by three. clean
Yale, with. her traditional sand and
pluck. put in some grtelfins work and
undertook 70 fight, bravely the fate
which my seemed certain. The race
had gone too far, .howey and Har
yard >having in mind the sthrashings
wHth SIZE had.suffered at Yales hands
in. korn,af years, proceeded'to make a
walk away of it and At the 3-mile flag
foundlhe race partaking Of all the ele-
men$pof profession.
Ffarvard-nad stolen two more lengths
from thd6[ ale boat and was gliding
arscefnry s4syng with Yale five long
e5oat lcngt6ssto the rear. Down the
long lane OF ..fantastically decorated
yachts gathered at and about the fin
ish the Harvard eight swung jauntily,
steadily pulling aIsay from Yale.
%Reaching for the finish flag the tide
= 1psht. the Harvard shell and woefully
swerved r. The little coXswain Had his
head about him. however. and with great
skill worked his boat back into her line
and shot down toward the judges boa
Here was witnessed wretehedly poor
course policing, myriads of small boats
lowering about the course. Tho elaborate
and well planned scheme of the regatta
committee was rendered futile at this
point by virtue cSstsrHss1fSded disregard
of police orders saraI Tftdrsy manipula-
ton of police boats.,f 1t cost Harvard Il
fraction Of a length perhaps, but Yale,
struggling samcly along, had a simila +
experience and the disadvantages were
even.
Harvard crossed the finish line in a
whrwind, rowing beautifully, 612 lengths
to the good. Yale finished in fairly good
shape but her men were Of course some
what depressed. Harvard had won her
grand race in % minutes, 52i2 seconds,
i while Yale crossed the line in 21i3.
| Just before Yale finished. the Harvard
| launch the Frank Thomson, INDUCED in
| breach Of etiquette when she crossed
| Yalc's line directly in front of the New
| Haven shell. To the spectators this APP
peared objectionable, but it was excused
on the ground of the justified eXuberance
with which the supporters of Harvard
were filed.
| The Associated Press time. taken from
a Geographic start and timed on the fin
| ish line by c. c. McConville, the coacn
| of the Wisconsin crew which rowed Sc
| famously at Poughkeepsie, was 30 min
| utes. Az seconds. and is believed to DC
the accurate time of Harvard's crew.
| The two Fights were speedily picked VI
| by their respective launches. Yale start
ed on her trip up the river to her quar-
tcrs and after the Harvard men had beer
surfeited with their ovation at the finish
the happy sons of John Harvard started
on their triumphal journey to Red Top
trimming over with JOY al their posses
sion of as finely earned a victory as W L
ever won by a university crew on TIL
Thames.
The official record of the Varsity race
showing technically how it was rowed, i
as follows, the figures being taken from
the referees boat:
Strokes Yale. HarYar,
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