The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-28
Superior Endurance of Yale Crew
Lands Them Winner In Eight
Dared Contest.
Yale Also Wins the Freshman Eight
While Harvard Takes the
FOur-Oared Race.

both boats were IN position, receiving in-
structions from the referee Yale had
the east course, while Harvard occupied
the west. The pistol was fired at 7:l5.
1t was a start almost on even terms.
Harvard possibly a Slight advantage.
For three lengths it was stroke for
stroke at thirty-slx to the minute Yale
then dropped to thirty-fve, while
Harvard went down to thirty-four.
The water was smooth, although tnera
was Light breeze from the southwest
Before ten lengths had been Travelled IL
was evident the race was to be a good
one. Harvard had drawn away by
quarter of a length. The efgnts were
rowing as one man. At the half mile it
was Harvard by a very narrow margin,
second and a fifth as to time and stin
a quarter of length as to distance. AS
the first flags Of the course were passed.
ale was rowing thirty-five and Harvard
was one point lower. Harvard had set
tied down into the best work Of her race
and with a. beautiful style pull the
Cambridge boys sent their shell still
further ahead. Yale's. too, was rowing
magniicently, but at this stage of the
race did not display the dash Of the
Harvard men. Accordingly. at the mile
1T began to look like Harvard. Her boat
was 2-5 seconds ahead of Yale at the
mile flag, a comfortable length to the
good. At this point, however, Yale's
spirit began to show itself, and a little
more "go" appeared in the New Haven
craft.
YALE LETS OUT A LINK.
Slowly but surely Yale gained, and, in
the next half mile, cut Harvard's lead
dawn tc scant half length The DIFF
ference in the time was 40 seconds.
Both crews were rowing like clocllwork
and there was every indication that each
eight was able to stay out the entire
four miles. Passing the mile and half
Yale lowered her stroke and Harvard
followed and for the rest of the race,
with tfe exception of beautiful spurts
upon occasions, the crews hardly varied
from 30 to 81. Yale's pull seemed to be
the more telling. AS the shells approach
ed the Navy Yard, there was percept-
ible gain for the blue and when the
two mile flags were passed Yale was
leading for the first time in the race
The margin, however, was dangerously
narrow. Harvard was once second, but.
in the next half milo she again wrested
the lead away from Yale and at the two
and half mile Harvard led by Just
two-fifths of a second.
The shells entered tie finishing mile
with beautiful water conditions between
the long lire Of yachts, and it remained
TOT LnlS laSJ mile 10 dHOrQ the most
spectacular contest seen for many q
year.
With guns booming and sirens Shrek
irg the two beats swept down the line.
Harvard was still in the van, but Yale
was clinging to her close. 1t was not
until the three and half mile flags were
within bailing distance that Chitten-
den, the Yale coxswain, called on his
mer for a mighty effort. Up went the
Yale stroke and up crept the Yale shell.
Harvard tried to respond and her men
answered the call heroically, but the sons
Of Eli tore along IN style that was
meddering for Harvard supporters.
ENDURANCE WINE
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
an added strength and the Yale men
began to steal away by feet. It was
nothing but Yale after this and feet
became generous proportions Of length.
Then it was ono length and open water
appeared for the firts time 1t was the
old story Of a Yale crews endurance TO
stay until the last stages Of the long
Journey. Yales victory was one OF a
scant two lengths The time, on account
OF low stroke rowed, was slow. The
official time was: