The evening times., 1900-06-28
Yale DEFEATS HARVARD
0arsmen Of the Blue Win the Var
sity Eight Event.
Crew of the Crimson Several Lengths
Behind at the FInish-The Cam
bridge Men Pail to Victory In the
Four-Oared and Freshman Con-
tests-ReeOrds OF the Universities.

NEW LONDON, June 28.-Yale's Var
sity eight defeated the Harvard crew IN
splendid form on the Thames this after
lengths ahead of the Crimson The dis-
tanee was four miles and the of1ciaI tine
Of Yale 2l:I2 rs; Harvard, 21:z7 2-5.
Harvard, however, won the two minor
rowing events, the four-oarsd race by txo
lengths and the freshman two-miLe con-
test by seven lengths.
In the Varsity eight race Harding, the
stroke Of Harvard. who took Captain His-
giEsOn's place. did noS give out as was
feared, but was in very bad shape at the
finish, and undoubtedly this accounts for
the great distance between tbs crews, s.
Yale crossed the line.
Harvard led at the start by hah a
length. She pulled slightly away from
Yale and led By a length az The half-miBs.
rowing splendidly.
She was still holding the lead a. they
passed the mile, b't after the thKse-rn1Ie
mark was passed Yale held the lead 20
the end
The time OF the four-oared race. won By
Harvard by two lengths, was: Harvard,
1872; Yale. 1925 2-5.
The two-mlle race between the freshmen
crews, won by Harvard. was sowed over
a rough course. there being strong wind
al the time
Harvard won easily by seven lengths,
the time being 12,0I for Harvard and I2:ls
for Yale. The crews were on even terms
at the half mile. bat at that point Yale
got out OF her course and Harvard pulled
steadily away.
Large and more than enthusiastic
crowds OF the collegians' admirers vitne.e-
ed the struggles of the crews today. and
were very demonstrstive over the re.uIts.
mOrS picturesque sr.enSSsse has never
thTonssd the banks OF the Thames New
London viii have q gaia night in esJs5Fa-
ton OF the victories
This was the tweDty-scooRd Usectiaz ot
the Varsity eights OF Yale and harvard
and the twentieth TO be held on TINS
course. Yale came 20 the starting point
with q record Of twelve Taoe- won and
Harvard with seven victories 10 her credit
The two colleges have rOwSd annual
races with erghts since 1875 As FAR back
IS lS52 the :wO had net IN races with
cIher colleges in fOurs and si1es. The
L-st eight-Oared contest in which Harvard
and Yale participated took place or Spring
field IN 1876 Yale won in 22-G2. defeating
Harvard by 81 seconds. In IS71 : rSee was
rowed over the same course, Harvard tax
ing the victory in 24-36, eight seconds
ahead OF Yale
Beginning with the year 1878 the two
met on the Thames annually until 1895
when, aS & result OF disturbed athletic II
lations between the universities. Yale
went 70 Henley while Harvard entered a
Poughkeepsie regatta. IN 81 Yale and
Harvard were both beaten on the Hudson
in race with Cornell Yale finishing sec
Cnc- Cornell came 10 New Lsndon n IS,
and n a triangular rSce over this course
again led Yale, with the latter ebeAd OF
Harvard
Last year saw the resum1tfon of the
dual races between Yale and Harvard Il
was Harvard's day. for the young men
from Cambridge left the scene after de-
feating Yale IN all three events Of a new
annual regatta. including races between
Varsity fOurs. freshmen and VARSITY
eights.
The record for the Thames courrs Sr held
by Yale. the race in 1888 being inishsd by
Captain Stevenson's mar elous crew in
the time of 20.1O. Harvard's best
time was made in 1875, 20:s4 81.