The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-27

gained but half a second Harvard dropped
her stroke back to thirty-two, and now the
two strokes swung in exact unison. But
all the while the Yale shell kept creeping
a little bit ahead. At the two-mile lag
Yale was leading Harvard by four seconds.
Yales time was 10:ll, Harvard's lO:l5.
Whistles and sirens at the navy yard
shrieked out a welcome to the Oarsmen as
they swung down over the next half mile.
Yale picked up another second between the
two-mile and the two-and-a- lf-mile flag.
Yales time for the two and a half miles
was 1912, Harvards 12:l7 Over the next
half mile the blues crew picked up one
more second.
THE LAST MILE
At the three-mile flag Yale led by two
good lengths, her time being 1910 and Har-
wards 1915. Yale did her work with more
ease than Harvard, and this was especially
true of the beginning of the stroke. The
Harvard men jammed their oars into the
water, while Yales went in smoothly hut
firmly. Yale reached a little further back
on the catch than Harvard and chopped
her stroke off a little quicker at the finish
Harvard's stroke was more exhausting
than Yale's. Little by little Yale increased
her lead until at the three and a half mile
flag she was nine full seconds ahead of
Harvard, which meant practically three
full boat lengths. Yales time was 17:40
Harvard's 17:49.
1t was now a squirt for the last half mile
of the race. The Harvard coXswain made
a bad mess of his steering over this last
mile of the race. Harvard was plucky de-
spite the fact that she was far behind, and
gradually her men struck their pace again
and rowed ii out. McGraw was reeling in
his seat and Jackson again and again
dashed water in his face. 1t was only a
question of how many lengths Yale would
have at the finish. Suddenly the flag
dropped for Yale. The Blues time was
1920, just ten seconds lower than the rec
ord made by the famous Yale crew of 1888
Harvards time was 20:33, which gave to
Yale the vitcory by four good boat lengths
Just the finish flag fell and Yale's
men stopped rowing Daily. the bow
in the Yale boat, dropped limp over the
side of the shell. 1t looked as though he
would fall overheard before DAILY. at No
2, could throw water on him and revive
him. He finally got into his seat and
rOwed over to the launch with the rest of
the men. Harvard's oarsmen were literally
pumped out at the finish.
The story of the freshman race is easily
told for the first mile. The Yale esght got
away at thirty-four strokes to the minute
Harvard at thirty-six. The Yale BOYS got
the best of the start and held it, Yale
finished the first half-mile in :55 Harvard
in ISL The New Haven freshmen finished
the mile in 4:49, just one length ahead of
Harvard, which finished in ASP. Just be-
yond the mile flag the Harvard boys be-
gan to squirt. Little by little they cut down
Yale's lead until at the mile and a half
flag they we're leading Yale Harvard's g
time for the mile and a half was 1927 Yale's
7:29 Harvard was now almost a length
ahead. 1t was one of the grandest fights
ever seen on any river between freshmen
crews. The flags at the finish dropped and
no one could tell which had dropped first
The watches made 1T a dead heat in 1O1S
and moment later the judges announced
that the race was a draw The Yale fresh
men had rowed the two miles in Just two
seconds slower time than the Yale varsity
The four-oared race was a victory for
Harvard from the start. The Harvard
cot fh1 laa6 Of fl7a III
and never lost 1t. Harvard's time was
:19, Yale's IL :2515