The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-27
OLD ELI BY 4 LENGTHS
BEATS HARVARD IN VARSITY BOAT RACE.
Yale Finished Ten Sec at;.; Shy of the Time of the Fa...o oua Yale Crew of 'SS-Crimson Fresh
 men Make Race a Draw.

New London, Conn. June 26.-Rowing within ten seconds of record time the Yale Varsity crew this afternoon lowered the colors of the fastest eight that Har- yard has yet produced. Yale won by four boat lengths. Yale's time was 20:20, Har- wards, 2O:23. In the four-oared race the colors of Harvard were borne to the front. The Cambridge four won by two and half lengths.
 In the Freshman Yale's crew led over the last mile until within q few feet of the finish where the Harvard crew. by a magnificent spurt, jumped their shell up even with the blue. The judges were compelled to decide the race a. draw.
 Twenty-Five thousand persons saw the Els row to victory in the big Varsity race, President Roosevelt saw the finish of all three races from aboard the Dol phin.
 Rough water neccGsitated the postpone ment of the Varsity race from until 6 o'clock. The Varsity four-Uared race was rowed a few minutes before , o'clock. race. Just before o'clock the referee gale and Referee" William A, Meikle- ham decided to postpone the freshman
 The wind at this time was blowing a notified the crews to get ready. At G:09 the pistol was fired. Harvard got the best of the start and in ten strokes had the nose of her shell quarter of length ahead of the Blues boat. The Crimson's eight had the best water over the first quarter mile.
 Harvard started at thirty-slx strokes to lne minute, ale at 0Z. By the end or the first half mile Harvard had dropped her stroke to thirty-four while Yale still held hers at thirty-two. At the half mile flag the boats were almost even. The watches on the referees boat recorded Yale's time for this half mile at 2:29 1-2, Harvard at 2:29 3-4. Yale had cut down Harvards lead with high rowing from two to four less strokes to the minute. Over the next half mile the race was q desperate struggle. Yale reached the first mile flag in 5:04 two seconds behind liar yard. The Ellis were two-thirds of g length ahead. Yale had dropped her yard had let down to thirty-two. From the end of the first mile to the mile and half flag the boats scarcely changed positions. Harvard raised her stroke one finished the mile and a half in 7:37, Harvard in 7;39 1-2. Over this distance Yale had gained but half a second. Harvard dropped her swung in exact unison. But all the while the Yale shell kept creeping little by the head. At the two-mile flag Yale was leading Harvard by four seconds. Iales time was 10:11, Harvard 10:15. Yale picked up another second between the twO-mile and the two and a half-mile flags Yaes time for the two and half miles was 12:12 HarVard's l2:1I. Over the next half mile the Blues crew picked up one more second. At the three mile flag Yale led by two good lengths. her time being 15:l0 and HarNards 15:l6. Yale did her work with more ease than Harvard
 At the three and half mile flag Yale was nino full seconds ahead of Harvard. Yalc's time was 17;40. Harvards 17;49, It was now spurt for the last half mile of the race. The Harvard cnNswam made a bad mess of his stferine over thi5 last half mile of the ract. Harvard was plucky despite the fact that she, was far behind. 1t was only @ question of how many lengths Yale would have at the finish Suddcn ythe flag dropped for Yale. Tho Blues Time was 20:20, ust ten seconds slower than the record made by the famous Yale crew of 1888.
 Harvards time was 20:33, which gave to Yale the victory by four goood boat lengths Just as the finish flag fell and Yaie's men stopped rowing, Waterman, the bow in the Yale boat dropped limp over the side of the shell. It looked as though he would fall overheard before Daily at No. ? could throw water on him and revive him. Harvard's oarsmcn were literally pumped out at the finish.
 The Freshman raoe from the start to the finish was one of the grandest fights ever seen on the river between Freshmen crows.
 When the flags at the finish dropped no one could tell which had dropped first. The watches made 1t dead heat in 10:13 and a moment later the judges announced that the race was 2 draw. The Vale Freshmen had rdwed the two miles in just two seconds slower time than the Yale Varsity The four pared race was vic tory for Harvard from the start. The Harvard four got the lead at the crack of the pistol and never lost it. HarVard's lime was ll.l9 Yale'S II .25 1-2.