The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-28
YALE WINS VARSITY
ONE OF THE BEST CONTESTS EVER
SEEN ON THE RIVER.
WAS CLOSE AND EXCITING.
HARVARD TOOK THE LEAD BUT
COULD NOT KEEP 1T.

side by Side the Two Boat Crews
Pulled Between the Long Lane of
Yachts the Last MsIe-Guns
Doomed and Sirens shrieked .s the
BOnts Swept Past-YaIe's Reserve
Strength Told and She Took the
Lead and Kept It-YaIe Also Won
the Freshman Race, Sidney stubbs
of Savannah Being a Member of
the Team.
New London, Conn, June 27.-In a race
never excelled on the Thames, Yale
Varsity crew won the great inter-uni-
versity rowing event of the year, in the
last half-miIe of the four-mile course to-
day by a scant two lengths. The mag
niicent contest was witnessed by thous-
ands from observation trains. yachts and
points of vantage along the banks. To
Yale also fell the honor of a victory in
the freshman race, while Harvard to-
night takes consolation in the fact that
her Varsity four walked away from the
Yale quartette handsomely The two
minor races with honors divided, served
only to whet the appetites of the specta-
tors. These contests had resulted exact
ly as the experts had predicted and some
NOOO people were impatient for the su-
preme event of the regatta
The victory for Yale is due to the spen-
did power of her oarsmen and the su-
perb generalship of Coxswain Chittenden.
With great foresight he refused to push
his men until the supreme moment. This
care found his men ready. Harvard had
shot her bolt EARLIER and Yale had added
another to her long list of victories. The
end found Goodell, the bow oar in the
Harvard shell, in state of collapse. 1t
was necessary to lift him from his seat
into the launch. In the Yale shell stroke
Cameron was also in distress, but he was
able TO help himself to the Yale launch.
The other oarsmen were all strong and
in good condition.
How the Race Was Run.
The big race was rowed down stream in
the cool of the evening shortly after z
O'Clock. The conditions were fairly favor
able. A wind of the southwest blew
diagonally against the crews at the rate
of about six miles an hour. A beautiful
start, with the eights rowing stroke for
stroke began contest that will never be
forgotten by those who witnessed it.
Harvard Immediately took the lead. Her
stalWart oarsmen RETAINED it for mile
and a half. Passing the mile and a half
Yale lowered her stroke and Harvard fol-
lowed, and for the rest of the race, with
the exception of beautiful spurts upon
occasions, the crews hardly varied from
20 to 81. Yale's pull seemed to be the
more telling. As the shells approached
the navy yard there was a perceptible
gain for the blue, and when the two-mile
flags were passed Yale was leading for
the first time IN the race In the next
half milo Harvard wrested the lead from
Yale.
Those on the official yachts, some of
whom were oarsnen of former days, at
this juncture began to talk about the
race with enthusiasm. Thus far it had
been magnificent and the performances of
the crews promised a heart-breaking fin
ish. The Yale men pulled like giants,
but Harvard was working with just as
much power and skill. AS result Yale
was unable to creep up and Harvard
actually drew ahead still further one-ffth
Of a second, passing the three-mile sta
ton tbree-ffths of a second ahead. The
lead of the crimson oars was to be esti-
mated not in lengths. but in mere feet
and inches. The shells entered the fin
ishing mile with beautiful water condi-
tons between the long lane of yachts,
and it remained for this last mile to al
ford the most spectacular contest seen OH
the Thames for many a year.
A Scene of Wild Excitement.
With guns booming and sirens Shrek
Ing, the two boats swept down the line.
Harvard was still ahead, but Yaie was
clinging to her close. 1t was not until
the three and a half flags were within
hailing distance that Chittenden, the
Yale coXswain, called on his men for
mighty effort. Up went the Yale stroke
a Harvard
tried to respond and her men answered
the call heroical.y, but the sons of Eli
tore along in a style that was maddening
for Harvard supporters. The three and
half mile point found Yale again in the
lead She was never headed Indeed,
with Harvard never letting down for an
instant Yale took on strength and the
Yale men began to steal away by feet. 1t
was nothing but Yale after this,
and feet became generous proportions
Of length. Then it was one length and
open water appeared for the first time.
It was the old story of a Yale crew with
skill and endurance to stay in the last
stages of the long journey. Yale's victory
was one of a scant two lengths. The
time. on account Of the low stroke rowed,
was low.
The official time was: Yale, 2S:S7; Har-
yard. 2S:45.
The freshman race and the four-oar con-
test preceded the big contest of the day.
In the freshman eights, Yale took the
lead at the start and was never headed.
The time was: Yale,f 1927 40; Harvard
lO.4S
Harvard won the fours easily, crossing
the line i'm 11;I9 To- six lengths ahead OF
yale. The time of Yale was l2:O9 10.
fsf
The Yale-Harvard freshmen race had
local interest on account of a Savannah
boy Sidney stubbs, being a member of
the victorious Yale crew. stubbs was
No. in his crew. kilograms were re-
eeived last night by his friends in sa-
Vannah announcing the winning OF the
race by Yale
ILRRIBLE ELEVATOR ACCIDENT.