Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-27

THE BOAT RACES.
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ease than Harvard and this was especial !
Nv true of the beginning of the stroke. |
The Harvard men jammed their oars into |
the water. while Yale's went in smoothly |
but firmly. Yale reached little further |
back on the catch than Harvard ana |
chopped her stroke Off little quicker
at the finish. Hartard's stroke was more
cXhauStns than Yates.
Harvard's coxswai1 dashed a little wa
ter in the face of McGrew, who was row
ing up to the limit of his power. Al |
though there was still another mile to
go it was now plain that Yale had more
strength left than Harvard and that bar
ring an accident the victory would be Tor
the Blue Little by little Yale increased
her lead until at the 2i2 mile flag she was
nine fun seconds ahead of Harvard.
which means practically three fun boat
lengths. Yale's time was 17.40, Harvard'a
17.49.
1t was now squirt for the last hall
mile of the race. Yale raised her stroke
| to SO and then to "a. Harvard held hers
| al 81 for minute but had to drop it at
| last to 81. The Harvard coHswain made
q bad mess of his steering over this
! last mile of the race. Long before the
|
apparent that Jackson, the Harvard
coXSWain, was going to run his crew IN
to the outside flag Of Harvards course.
| A hundred voices hundred forth the
warning but it was too late Jackson
stecred his eight almost squarely onto
| the flag post so that the oars banged
against it and the boat lost the benefit
of two or three seconds Of time.
Harvard was plucky despite the fact
that she was far behind and gradually
her men struck their pace again ana
roWed it out McGrew was Keeling in
his seat and Jackson again and and
again dashed water in his face. 1t was
only a question of how many lengths
Yale would have at the finish. Sud-
denly the flag dropped for Yale. The
Blues time was 2020, just 10 seconds
slower than the record made by the
famous Yale crew of 1883.
Harvard's time was 20.33, which gave
to Yale the victory by four good boat
lengths Just as 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, it looked as
though he would fall overheard before
| (,
ter Oh him ana revive him. He finally
got into his seat and roWed over to the
launch with the rest of the men. Har-
wards oarsmcn were all literally pump
cd out at the finish.
The story of the freshmen race is
easily told for the first mile. The Yale
eight got away at 81 strokes to the
| ~ al
got the best of the start and held it
Yale finished the first half mile in Los
Harvard in 1871. Yale ease1 her stroke
down to 80 and Harvard made hers
80. The New Haven freshmen finished
the mile in 40, just ore length ahead
of their Harvard cousins, who finished
, in 4.52 Just beyond the mile flag the
: Harvard boys began to squirt, and al
the mile ana a half Tag they were
leading Yale Harvrrd'S time fer thC
milo and " half was 7.27 ana Yale 20
Harvard was now almost length
ahead.
The Crimson eight put their stroke IA
{ to "a but the Yale boys stil held theirs al
30 The boats zigzagged between tbs
strokes for the next minute until they
We're almost even. TLon Yale weakened a
! little, but soon she regained control OF
f her boat ana once more the shells Were
: practically even. The Harvard boys put
their stroke up to 26 ana Yale raised hers
! to 81 one Of the grandest fights ever seer
. on any river between freshman crews
: The flags at the finish dropped and nc
one could tell which had dropped first
. The watches made il dead heat in 10 !:
ana moment later the Judges announced
Al. AVA ,t
: freshmen had rowcd the Two miles in just
; two seconds lower time than the Yale
r Varsity.
: The fnur-nared race was Il victory for
y Harvard from the very start. The IIar-
! ward four got tho l,ad at the start and
:. never lost it. At the end of the half milo
V Harvard was leading Yale one length and
| ut the mile there was open water be
tween the boats. Hervard's time for the
5 first half mile was 2.f2, Yalcs %: Har-
wards time for the mile 5.45: Yale's $40
: At the end OF the mile ana a half Harvard
was a length and q quarter abe al; her
time was So. Yale's S.2G The Harvard
: four spurted and increased this lead 20
4 trine over two lengths at the finish.
Harvards time was ll.l91.; Yales, Il25Z.
President Roosevelt left, tonight, for
, Washington, where he is scheduled ia
> arrive at 100 in the morning.
While the Presidential train waited
!. NJ the depot the cheering Of the crowd
' brought the President to the ca door
fy He cordially returned the salutations
n ana finally said:
, Il am delighted to see you. The day
has been a splcnGid one. but | regret
: that the victory could not have been
on my side"
| The following statistics of the crews
{ will be Of interest:
FOUR DARED VARSITY.
Course, two miles.
? YALE.
stroke. Z. T. Adams .....................1i2
, . ~. Il. LAWS itS
, :, X M lieVer1ng ........................112
DOW, Is. Hewitt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IL ,
: iCoXswain, j. +. Minor ...................1l0
Substitute, q. S. AGkley ............... 17o
Substitute, T. r. Johnson ............l6I
, HARVARD.
Stroke, NJ. r. Brownel ..............Ij2
! :, K. 5. Francis OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 173
z, X. Derby ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ia