Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-27
YALE PUT IT ALL
OVER HARVARD
The Sons Of eli Won a Glorious
Victory
PRIEST. ROOSEVELT THERE
AZ. sny His Alma Mater Defeated
ZINE was within Ten Seconds
OF the Record,

thousand people saw the ELS row 10
victory, But while the crowd was
great It was the presence of Prest,
nooseyelt which made the crowd
unlaue IN the history Of Yale and Har-
vard races. The president saw the fin
Ish of all TIRES races from aboard the
Dolphin, which was anchored justabove
the Gnlsh line. He declined the inyi-
latlon OF the regatta committee TO go
aboard Cornelius Yanderbilt's launch,
the Mirage, he preferring to remain
sboord the Dolphin, whore he could be
with his family, The eyes Of $4,000 peo-
NE meanwhile searched yacht after
Yacht in the hope OF glimpse Of the
president.
More yachts than ever before in the
quarter Of century Of Yale-Haryard
racing on the Thames were anchored
slony the last mile and half Of the
course, forming a solid avenue end
filling the river from bank to bank with
glorious tinge OF colors which, above
,he blue waters OF the Thames, made
beautiful picture against the cloud
less sky. The closeness Of the var
sty race brought more undergradu-
ates than has ever come TO New
london. while the presence OF the presl-
cent brought to the river the people
Cor many miles around.
Harvard got the better Of the start
and In 10 strokes had the nose Of her
shell quarter Of length in front OF
the blues. The crimsons had the best
water over the first quarter mile and
her men made all out of II that they
,osyby could Harvard started at
Sc strokes to the minute and Yale at 90.
AT the end Of the first half mile Har-
ward had dropped her stroke TO "a.
while Yale still held hers at 90. AT the
ldlfmle flag the boats were almost
even. The watches on the referees
boat recorded Yale's time for this half
mile at 2;29is, and Harvard at 2:29&.
Yale had cut down Haryards lead
while rowing from two to four less
strokes to the minute over the next
half mile the race was q desperate
struggle The boats zig-zagged for a
minute and half and then the blue
shall began TO creep ahead. Yale
reached the first mile flag az 5.04, two
seconds before Harvard. The Ellis were
two-thirds Of a length ahead Yale
mad dropped her stroke TO 81 per min
ute end Harvard had let hers down
toG.
From the end Of the first mile TO the
mile and q half flag the boats scarcely
changed positions. Harvard raised her
stroke one point and SO did Yale. The
blue shell finished the mile and a half
IN 1881, Harvard in 1891. over this
distance Yale had gained but half a
second On toward the two-mile flag
The powerful elghts swung with me-
thancal precision at the pace of giants.
Harvard dropped her stroke back to
and now the two strokes swung In
exact unison. But all the while the
lale shall Kept creeping a little bit
ahead Al the two-mile flag Yale was
leading Harvard by four seconds. Yale's |
ime was l0ll, Harvard's 1915. Yale
eased up bit In her stroke and dropped |
II down to 81, Harvard. seeing Yale |
relapse, Jumped hers up to 80, but des- !
pie ms squirt Yale picked up another |
second between the two mile and the |
one-half mile flag. Yale's time for the |
TWO and one-half miles was 1912, Har- |
wards 1917.
over the next half mile the blue crew
PICKED up Just another second. At the |
.nree-mle nag Yale led by two lengths,
1916. 'e '''"' VI" MAJ 'iu
=, lhen yale raised her stroke to 80, and |
harvard, In a desperate effort 10 |
hOld her own, kept hers at "a. Little
niue Yale Increased the lead until |
~ lhe three and 0ne-half mile flag she
Was nine full seconds ahead OF Har-
,hard' or practically three fun boat
wards l1;49. Nv M
y was now a squirt for the last half
mile Of the race. Yale raised her stroke
70 ~ and then to "a. Harvard hold hers
~ ~ Tor a minute, but had In drop n AZ
Iasl to 81, The Harvard coxswain made
r,iio n.,ss OF MS steering over this last
,sa 'o VI me race Long before the crews
Il N.Y. lne three and a half mile flag
n, as apparent that Jackson steered
nos, elshl almost squarely into the aag
81 81 40 mat the oars banged against II
,tran 'ne ooat lost the benefit OF two or
,i'e, seconds OF time. Harvard was
AN. n. despite the fact that she was
s,rr.i pen,na' and gradually her men
nv, .hslr pace again and rowed il
ana ,MyuIaw was Keeling In his seat
r Wv Sa \. again and again dashed
tlon ~ ms face Il was only a ques-
bs,o VI now many lengths Yale would
srorou We iinish, Suddenly the 0aq
N. "a lur fale, the blues time being
reco,a' VS. ~ seconds slower than the
n isss made by the famous Yale crew
h HYs I time was so,ss. which rovo
,a I've the victory by four good hoo,
mon ~ JUST as the flag fell and ysie's
bost s.uppe1 rowing DAILY in The vale
al, u,ohPed limp over the side ~ tbe
,ye,t, looked as though he would faIl
N ra,,. ara before DAILY az No could
He a. nater on him and revive him
~ "uiV got into his scat ana ror.ad
rer me launch with the resi- ~ ,ha
ln,, ilafNard's oarrmen were an ll.or
IL t,u,nlned out at The fnlsh
M ~, freshman race the Vale ois-b,
ne Wy az "a strokes. Harvard a. ss
~ ~. ana held It. wy ''''er oi 'he {
owe We n. rsyond the mile flag The Harvard
how ,,,,ss,h 70 snurt. Lille Inv ii,,ia
nl,e W., wy down Yale's lead. until n, ne
HaT raa Z half flag thew were Leading ".
M Wy. s,gs time for the mile and
rss se "s ~ and Yale's 7:ao Harvard
,lrnrers., almost a length ahead Tbs ,
bnt N. e yht put their stroke M 10 :
D Tn ,"s lale boys stlil held theips AZ
irolte ss y, Dosis slgzareed between ,b h.
rtro al1 ~, 'he next minute. when ;bev
lhde ha a. even Then Vale weakened +.
4 ber Nv w. slon she regalned control !
'ere nr gosi and once more the shelis ,
'sys mn, ',,.l,ally even. The Harvard ( !
.s'sei bsr wsT stroke up TO SO ana vale !
Inns s Hvls % y IN one Of the erandest 1
'r'sAnsr seen On any river between \
h 8.e,n, sfeNs. The fags AZ tho an =
iaa si,rl and no one could tell which :
, assa wv hFsi The watches made a !
lsirf n. ~ IN 1918. aud a moment :
rtns ~, lsges announced that tho |,
Aas roa Draw. The Yale freshmen \
'eorr,, we two miles In inst two I