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
fla Saw His Alma Mater Defeated
ZINE was within Ten Seconds
OF the Record,

.bousand people saw the Ellis row to
victory. But while the crowd was
rreat II was the presence of Prest,
nooseyelt which made the crowd
minute IN the history Of Yale and har-
vord races. The president saw the fin
len of all three races from aboard the
Dolphin, which was anchored justabove
tbe Finish line. He declined the inyl-
iatlon OF the regatta committee TO 80
aboard Cornelius Yanderbilts launch,
,he Mirage, he preferring to remain
sboard the Dolphin, where he could be
with his family. The eyes Of $4,000 peo-
yle 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-H Harvard
racing on the Thames were anchored
along the last mile and a half Of the
course forming a solid avenue end
hnIng the river from bank to bank with
glorious tInge OF colors which, above
the blue waters OF the Thames, made
beautiful picture against the cloud
less sky The closeness Of the var
sty race brought more undergradu-
otes than has ever come TO New
Jondoll. 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
,hell 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
,osylby could. Harvard started at
Sc strokes to the minute and Yale at 80.
AT the end Of the first half mile Har-
ward had dropped her stroke TO "a,
while Yale stlll held hers at 80. at the
ldlf.mIle flag the boats were almost
even The watches on the referees
boat recorded Yale's time for this half
mile at 2.z9is, and Harvard at 2.29&.
Yale had cut down Haryard's lead
while rowing from two TO four less
strokes TO the minute. over the next
half mile the race was a 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 5.0i, two
seconds before Harvard. The Ellis were
two-thirds Of a length ahead. Yale
had dropped her stroke TO 81 per min. |
ute and Harvard had let hers down
to2.
From The end of the first mile TO the
mile and 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 |
NE powerful elghts swung with me-
tlanlca 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 little bit |
ahead Al the two-mie flag Yale was !
leading Harvard by four seconds. Yales
Tine was lO.ll, 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 ana one-half miles was 1919, Har-
over the next half mile the blue crew
PICKED up just another second. At the
.hree-mIle flag Yale led by two lengths,
, nsr time being 1910, and Harvard's
THE, Then Yale raised her stroke to 80, and
harvard In desperate effort TO
hold her own, kept hers at "a. Little
W niue Yale increased the lead until
q. tne three and one-half mile flag she
Vas nine full seconds ahead OF Har-
,tard' or practically three fun boat
,ehgihs Yale's time was i7:4O Har-
~ was now a squirt for the last half
nlns OF the race. Yale raised her stroke
70 SS and then to "a. Harvard held hers
=. e Tor minute, but had 10 drop II al
iaS 70 ~ The Harvard coxswain made
s Vad mess of his steering over this last
mug OF the race, Long before the crews
t,escned The three and a half mile flag
4 - was apparent that Jackson steered
nls elshl almost squaroIy into the eag
10y 80 mat the oars banged against II
NV lhe boat lost the benefit of two or
,1 ee seconds Of time. Harvard was
ss,uehy despite the fact that abe was
a.. y. penlnd and gradually her men
nv, lnelr pace again and rowea il
ana ,siyuraW was Keeling I'm his seat
,pa, JACKSON again and again dashed
l,o. ~ MS face. IL was only n oues-
bs, " VI now many lengths Yale woula
IrobneS we hnish, Suddenly the nag
"A abopeu lor Yale, the blues time heIng
-ons Jusl 10 seconds slower than the
n ,sss made by the famous Yale crew
"A yg wy time was 20aes which rave
eng,hs we victory by four good boat
nas o'ns Just as the flag fell and ys,e's
,ost svpped rowing DAILY in The yala
,bsn ur,vhped limp over the side ~ The
Wi y looked as though he would fsi
Il ra,,. 'all before DAILY at No could
qe wmater on him and revive him
We got into his scat and rovad
ren tne launch with the resi- ~ ,he
Inv nafVard's oaremen we're an ll,er.
In ,un'Ieh out at The finish
"a, ~, ' reshman raoe The vale eieh,
ne w at ~ strokes Harvard al "a
ta,, .a, boys got the better OF ,be J
o,.s leyond the mile flag tho rorvora !
hey e gsss an to snurt. Little Nv little
nl,s wy down Yale's lead min n, ,t o
Harm p,a half flag they were leaj,ne
an w. s.gs time for the mile ana
rss be us ~ and Yale's 1920 Harvard !
rlnrssrs.. almost length ahead mo !,
Z h5' !, eight put their stroke nm ~ !
{. Tn Y ale boys stlil held theirs M !
iro,,es :, poais zigzagged between ,he :
'sro ol- ~, me next minute. when ,bey :
little ta s, even. Then vale weakened =
4 her NV ~. s1on she regalned confirm :
.sfs n, ousi and once more the shers I.
'sys ru ,,',,lllsallY even. The Har~ard y
s'ssi N.Y. us'r stroke up 10 80 ana vale =
lvhis AVN Hsis % y IN one Of the grandest 4
'rtsA,o.r seen on any river between q
h d-,,n".SS 'sNs The fags AZ the fin- e
faa 49, hnd no one could tell which :.
. asss wv hrst The watches made a. \
isisf ~ IN 1918. aud moment \
facs W.. ICES announced that the I,
Aas r, Draw. The Yale freshmen \
'err,,, = the two miles In iuat Two =
" 80. slower Tina tho, - ~