The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-28
Great Squirt by Yale at the Close
Which the Cambridge Men Were
Too Tired to Duplicate.
VICTORY FOR YALE FRESHMEN
DEFEATED HARVARD OVER FOUR
LENGTHS IN TWO-MILE RACE.
New Haven Crew, However, Lost the
Eour-Oared Race to Harvard
by Six Boat Lengths.

NEW LONDON. Conn. June 27.-In
race never excelle,1 on the Thames, Yale's
varsity crew won the great interuniversity
rowing event of the year. in the last half
mile of the four-mie course to-day by
scant two lengths. The magnificent con-
test was witnessed by thousa; IS oil people
from observation trains. yachts and points
Of vantage along the bank. To Yale also
| fell the honor of a victory in the freshman
race, while Harvard tonight takes conso-
lation in the fact that her varsity four
| walked away from the Yale quartet hand
| somely. The two minor races with honors
| divided. served only to whet the appetites
| of the spectators. These contests had re-
suited exactly as the experts had predicted
| and some 10000 people were impatient for
| the supreme event of the regatta.
Yales victory was due not only to the
| splendid power of her oarsmen, but to the
able generalship of Coxswain Chittenden
as well. With great foresight he refused to
| push his men until the supreme moment.
| Thus he found his men ready when the
| pinch came. The race was a hard one for
| Harvard to lose. The end found Goodell
| the bow in the Harvard shell, in
state OF collapse. 1t was necessary to liz
him from his seat into the launch. In the
| Yale shell Stroke Cameron, too was in dis
tress, but he able to help himself to
the Yale launch. The other oarsmen were
| all strong and in good condition.
The freshman eights contest was an easy
| one for the Yale youngsters. Harvard 1904
| being four and half lengths to the rear.
| but Harvard won the fours with marvel
| Gus ease by six full lengths. No records
| were broken and the time for the varsity
| race was unusually slow, probably because
| of an Unexpectedly low stroke and the
| cross wind.
| THE VARSITY RACE
The race between the varsity eights, the
event of the day, was delayed until wind
| and tide conditions were favorable 1t was
$50 o'clock in the evening when Referee
Meikleham caused the whistle on the yacht
| Nushka to be blown a signal for the
| rival eights TO prepare. AT exactly Z o'clock
| the Yale oarsmen launched their shell at
| Broadway and five minutes later were pad
| ding leisurely to the starting point half a
| mile down the river. Harvard was but two
| minutes behind the Ellis, and went across
| the river to the accompaniment of the Har-
| ward band There was no loss of time, and
| at 7:l4 both boats were in position, recev
| ing instructions from the referee. Yale had
4 the east course, Wnlle harvard occupied
| the west. The pistol was fired at 7:l5 1t
| was start almost on even terms. Harvard
| possibly having a slight advantage. For
| three lengths it was stroke for stroke at
| th.rty-six TO the minute. Yale then dropped
to thirty-hve. while Harvard went down.
| to thirty-four.
| was light breeze from the southwest. Be-
| fore ten lengths had been travelled il was
| evident the race was to be good one Har-
| ward had drawn away by quarter of
| length. The eights were rowing as one
man. AT the half-mile it was Harvard by
| a very narrow margin, second and fifth
| as TO time and still quarter of a length
| as to distance. AS the first flags of the
course were passed Yale was rowing thir-
| ty-five and Harvard was one point lower.
| Harvard had settled down into the best
work of her race. and with a beautiful.
steady pull the Cambridge boys sent their
| shell still further ahead. Yale. too, was
| rowing magnificently, but at this stage of
the race did not display the dash of the
| Harvard men. Accordingly, at the mile it
began 10 look like Harvard. Her boat was
| 2-5 seconds ahead of Yale at the one-mie
| flag 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
ROWED LIKE CLOCKWORK.
Slowly but surely Yale gained, and in the
next half mile cut Harvard's lead down to
scant half length. The difference in the
time was 24-5 seconds Both crews were
| TOWlDS ike ClOCkWOIh, anu there was every
indication that each eight was able to stay
out the entire four miles Passing the mile
and a half Yale lowered her stroke and
Harvard followed. and for the rest of the
| race with the exception Of beautiful spurts
| upon occasions the crews hardly varied
| from 80 to 81 Yale's pull seemed to be the
more telling. AS the shells approached the
| navy yard there was perceptible gain for
the blue and when the two-mie flags were
| passed Yale was leading for the first time
in the race. The margin. however. was
bt in ,be nsT bsf e
she again wrested the lead away from Yale
| and at the two a half-mile flag Harvard
led by just two-fifths of second.
Those on the official yachts. some of
whom were oarsmen of former days, at this
jGncture began TO talk about the race with
enthusiasm. Thus far 1t had been magnifi-
| cent and the performances OF the crews
promised a heart-breaking finish. The Yale
| men pulled like giants. but Harvard was
working with Just as much power and
| up and Harvard actually drew ahead still
| further one-ffth of a second. passing the
three-mile station three-nfths OF second
be estimated not by lengths, but in mere
feet and inches The shells entered the fin
ishing mife with beautiful water conditions
between the long lane OF yachts. and 1t
remained for this last mile TO afford the
most spectacular contest seen on the
Thames for many year
A CLOSE FINISH.
With guns booming and sirens shrieking
the two boats swept down the line. Har-
ward was still in the van. but Yale was
clinging to her. 1t was not until the three
and -haif-miIe flags were within hailing
distance that Chittenden, the Yale cox
swain, called on his men for mighty ef-
fort Up went the Yale stroke and up
crept the Yale shell. Harvard tried TO re-
spond and her men answered the call
heroically. but the sons OF old Eli tore