Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-27
YALE WINS THE RACE
Defeats Harvard by Four Boats
Leneths-Time Was Very Fast, Al
most Equallins the Best Record.

New London, June 27.-Rowine
within ten seconds of record time the
Yale varsity crew yesterday afternoon
| lowered the colors Of the fastest eight
that Harvard has yet produced. Yale
won by four boat lengths. Yale's time
was 20:20 Harvard's 20:33.
In the freshmen race Yale's crew led
over the last mile until within a few
feet of the finish, where the Harvard
crew, by magnificent squirt, jumped
their shell UP even with the blue. The
judges were compelled to decide that
the race was draw.
Twenty five thousand people saw
ELS row to victory in the big varsity
race. But, while the crowd was great,
lit was the presence of President
Roosevelt, which made the crowd
unique in the history of Yale and Har-
ward races. The president saw the
finish of all three races from aboard
the Dolphin. which was anchored just
above the finish line. He declined the
invitation of the regatta committee to
go aboard Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt's
launch, the Mirage, preferring, he said
to remain aboard the Dolphin, where
he could be with his family. The eyes
of twenty-f five thousand people search
ed yacht after yacht in the hope of
glimpse of the president
Rough water necessitated the post
ponement of the varsity race from 4
until o'clock The varsity four cared
race was rowed a few minutes before
3 o'clock, the wind at that time blow
ing gale.
Harvard got the best of the start
and in ten strokes had the nose of her
shell quarter of a length ahead of
the blue boat. The crimsons' eight had
the best water over the first quarter
mile, and her men made all out Of it
that they possibly could.
At the half mile flag the boats were
at almost even terms.
Over the next half mile the race was
Ia desperate struggle. The boats zig
Jagged for a minute and a half, and
then the blue shell began to creep
ahead. Yale reached the first mile flag
in 5:O4, two seconds before Harvard.
The Flies We're two thirds Of a length
ahead.
1t had been terrible fight, but Yale
had finally gotten the lead. From the
end of the first mile to the mile-and-
half flag the boats scarcely changed
positions
1t was squirt for the last half mile
of the race.
The Harvard coxswain made q bad
mess Of his steering over the last mile
of the race. Long before the crews
flo
ent that Jackson steered his eight al
most squarely into the flag post so that
the oars banged against 1t 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 and rowed 1T out.
McGraw was reeling in his seat, and
Jackson again and again dashed water
in his face. 1t was only question of
how many lengths Yale would have at
the finish.
Suddenly the flag dropped for Yale.
The blues time was 1920, just ten sec
onds slower than the record made by
the famous Yale crew in 1888. Haryard's
time was 20:33, which gave to Yale the
victory by four good boat lengths. Just
as the home flag fell and Yale's men
stopped rowing. Waterman, the bow in
the Yale boat. dropped limp over the
side of the she'll
1t looked as tho he would fall over
board before DAILY at No. 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 We're literally
pumped out at the finish.