The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-28
YALE WINS THE
GREAT BOAT RACE
Defeats Harvard Crew by Scant
Two lengths.
WAS BRILLIANT CONTEST
CLOSE FIGHT ALL THE WAY
UNTIL THE FINISH.

New London, Conn, June 27.--In a
race never -excelled on the Thames,
Yale's varsity crew won the great in
teruniversity rowing event of the year,
in the last half mile Of the four miles
course today by a -scant two lengths.
The magnificent contest was Wit
messed by thousands from observation
trains, yachts and points Of vantage
along the banks. To Yale also fell the
honor of a victory in the freshmen
race, while Harvard tonight takes con
ISOLATION in the fact that her varsity
four walked away from the Yale quar-
tette handsomely.
The big race was rOWed down stream
in the cool of the evening, shortly after
Z o'clock. The conditions were fairly
favOra BILE. A wind out Of the southwest
blew diagOnally across the crews at the
rate of about six miles an hour
Harvard Immediately took the lead,
and her stalWart carsmen Retained it
for a mile and a half. At the two
mile flag Yale had cut down the Har-
ward advantage and drew ahead, only
( to lose again before half-mile had
been Travelled. For still another half
the Cam bridge boys held on
Both crews by this time had dropped
to an unusually slow stroke. al times
the rate being scarcely thirty. Tale's
endurance, however, was up to the
standard. and as the two shells ap-
preached the three and a half mile fag
! the Ellis spurted magnifcently.
Harvard .herOiCaly responded, but it
was Yale's day. She took the lead.
and not only kept it, but drew away
rapidly in the last quarter mile until
1 the finish was reached. when Yale tore
across the line barely two heads. with
Harvard rowing manfully.
The victory for Yale is due TO the
splendid power of her oarsmen and the
superb generalship of Coxswain Chit
tendon. With great foresight he re-
preme moment. Then he found his men
ready. Harvard had shot her bolt
earlier. The end found CfOodeH, the
I bow oar in the Harvard shell, in a state
l Of collapse. Tt was necessary to lift
him from bis seat into the launch.
Big Race Of the Day.
The race between theFvarsity Fights,
the event of the day, was delayed Uu-
! til wind and tide conditions We're IA
vorable, It was $3.50 o'clock in the
evening when Referee Bierklehm
J caused the whistle on the yacht Nush-
/ ka to be blown as signal for the rival
+ Fights to prepare At exactly O'Clock
/ at Broadviev and five minutes later
were padding leisureIy to the starting
/ point half a mile down the river. Har-
ward was bat two minutes behind Yale
. q no went dtEffee -LAlE river 10 the. &c
i compartment Of the Harvard band.
There was no loss of time and at 7:14
both boats We're in position, receiving
| instructions from the referee. Yale
( had the east course. while Harvard OC-
cupied the west The pistol was fired
/ at 7:15. Tt was a start almost on even
( terms. Harvard possibly having a
1 slight advantage. For three lengths
/ it was stroke for stroke at So to this
minute Yale then dropped to 30 while
! Harvard went down to a.
The water was smooth although
] there was "A slight breeze from the
j southwest. Before ten lengths had been
I Travelled fl was evident the race was tr
/ be good one. Harvard had draws
away by a quarter Of d length The
/ Fights were rowing as one man.
At the half mile il was Harvard bs
| a narrow margin. a second and a tiftl
as to the time and still quarter Of q
( length as to distance AS the FIRST flags
/ of the course were passed Yale was
( rowing IS and Harvard was one poini
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