The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-26
OUT-ROWED BY ELI
HARVARD LOST ALL THREE OF
THE RACES.
LIMP AND EXHAUSTED WERE
HARVARD's MEN WHEN THE LINE
WAS CROSSED.


Splendid Fight in Each of the
Races - The Thirty-twO-a-Minutc
stroke to Which the Yale Crews
Chung Throughout Was What Won
the Races for Them-They Stuck
to Instructions.
New London, Conn, June 25.-For
J the first time on record Yale to-day
triumphed over Harvard in all three
of their boat races in the annual re-
gatta on the Thames. The wearers of
the blue won the eight-oared Varsity
by three and one-half boat lengths,
the freshman eight-oared race by two
and a quarter lengths, and the Varsity
-oared race by one and a half
lengths.
In all three races Harvard put up
memorable fight, and went down to de-
feat after gallant struggles, in which
her boys rowed out the last ounce of
their strength. The official time for
the races was as follows:
Varsity race Yale, 20 minutes, 10 As
seconds; Harvard, 20 minutes 20 35 sec
onds.
!
seconds; Harvard, minutes 43 3-5 sec
onds.
Varsity four-oared race; Yale, 10
minutes SO 2-5 seconds; Harvard, IL
minutes 10 rs seconds.
YaIe's stroke That Won.
Yale's three victories are attributed
by the experts to the superiority of
|
nedy over that taught Harvard by
her graduate coacher. So far as spec
ial form was concerned, there was no
choice between the crews, except the
possible exception that the Yale fresh
men out-weighed their rivals over sew
en- pounds to the man.
The Varsity was a surprise. The
Yale, while the four-oared race was
also given to Yale in the great ma
jority of the predictions.
| The greatest crowd that ever came
| to this quiet old harbor town, by rail
and water, saw Harvard go down to
! defeat. The sky was dull and leaden
with the wind cold enough for October.
| Referee William Mikelham, the old
Columbia oarsman, at 1850 notified the
time the Varsity four-oared was be-
gun, and by 1870 the big Varsity race
was under way. The three events for
| which the blue and the crimson had
trained for six months had been dis
posed of in a trifie over two hours
without a break or a single incident
to mar any one of the races.
1t Was Great Race.
The story of the Varsity race will live
long in the annals of college boating
Harvard led Yale almost to the mile
and a half flag. over the first mile it
looked like Harvards race. For the
past ten days the coaches of both crews
had said that race would be finished
within the first two miles.
Last night John Kennedy told his
crew that they must strike a thirty
two per minute stroke and hold ii right
through the race, no difference what
happened 1t takes good head work
and lots of nerve to row a lower stroke
than the other crew when it is leading,
but this is just about what Yale did
this afternoon.
Harvard got away at 35 strokes to the
minute, Yale at 81. Harvard had de-
cidedly the better of the start, and by
the end of the first half mile was lead
ing Yale by half a boat length. Over
the second half mile Harvard held her
think that she had a grip on Yale, and
Capt. McGrew eased his stroke down to
80.
The third half mile, however, showed
that Harvard could not hold Yale
without rowing a higher stroke. Har-
wards effort over the first mile had
begun to tell on the nerves of the
Crimson's eight. Little by little, Yale's
boat began to creep upon Harvard's
just before the mile and half flag the
shells were even, and by the time the
flag was reached, Yale had wrested the
lead from her old rival.
Was killing to Harvard.
At the three-mile flag, Yale had in
creased her lead to nine seconds, and
had practically won the race. Harvard
in passing the three-mile flag, made
her last squirt to get back her lead. AL
though he was Keeling in his stretcher
and the Harvard crew was splashing
water in his face, Capt. McGrew rails
ed his stroke up to "a to the minute.
but even at that gait Harvard could
not catch Yale. For a few strokes the
| Harvard shell gained trife, but be-
fore the three and a half mile flag
was reached, Capt McGrew had been
compelled to drop back to a 30 gait.
Harvard was now tired and Yale be-
gan to gain on every stroke. 1t was
now only a question of boat lengths.
Harvard cheers had died away, and
the broad Thames now resounded with
one grand yale, Yale, Yale" while
from the decks of 200 yachts, the can
non were booming forth in salute to
the victors Finally the flag dropped.
1t was Yale's race by three good boat
lengths.
Capt. McGrew who had rowed for
Harvard as gallant race as any man
ever rowed for any college, fell over
limp on his oar. while Duffy sank down
i'm the shell from sheer exhaustion.
Swain at the bow had also roWed out
the last ounce of his power, and his
oar slipped from his hands Yale.
strong with nerve which victory gives,
pulled on by 10 the great drawbridge
for two or three boat lengths before
her coxswain called his men 10 rest.
Freshmen ROsed Hard.
The story Of the freshman race Is
that Of long sprint by Yale's stall
wart youngsters, with Harvard cling
ing 10 their heels IN a piucky fight
/ In this race, az In the Varsity race
Harvard rowed a higher stroke than
Yale. while the latter took a 32-to-tbe-
minute gsit and hung 10 "a with scarce
/ ly "a variation Of the stroke in tho
whole twO miles. Yale got the best
81 the start and never lost the lead
Yale led Howard "a the finish BY just
one ana "a quarter boat length.
In the Varsity four-oaFed event
Harvard gave Yale another terrible
struggle 10 tbis race The Elis bad