The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-26
Several Of Their Number Laid Out I'm
the Varsity Eight Contest, While
FRESHMAN RECORD BROKEN
NEW HAVEN BOYS COVERED THE
COURSE IN 9:43 LIS.
Time for the Fours Was 1850 2-5
and for the Varsity 2O;10 40
-To-Day's Races.

NEW LONOONs COnn.s June L0--r VI
first time on record Yale to-day triumphed
over Harvard in all three of their boat
races in the annual regatta on the Thames.
Yale won the eight-oared varsity race by
three and one-half boat lengths, the fresh
mar eight-oared race by two and quar-
ter lengths, and the varsity four-oared
race by one and half lengths. In all three
races Harvard put up a memorable fight
and went down TO defeat after gallant
struggles in which her boys rowed out the
last ounce OF their strength. The official
time of the races was as follows:
Varsity Race-Yale, 20 minutes IS as Sec
onds; Harvard 20 minutes % 3-5 seconds.
Freshman Race-Yale, 8 minutes 43 1-5
seconds; Harvard, minutes As 80 seconds.
Varsity Four-oared Race-Yale, 10 min
utes 50 rs seconds; Harvard, IL minutes
10 is seconds.
yale's three victories are attributed by
the experts to the superiority of the
stroke taught Yale by John Kennedy over
that taught Harvard by her graduate
coaches. So far as physical form was
concerned, there choice between
the crews, except with the possible excep-
ton that the Yale freshmen outweighed
their Harvard rivals by over seven pounds
TO the man. The varsity race was a sur
prise. The freshmen race had been con-
ee5ed to Yale. while the four-oared race
was also given to Yale in the great ma
jcrity 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. 1t
seemed as if no amount of bad weather and
threatening skies could keep people away
from New London. The sky was dull and
ieaden, with the wind cold enough for the
overeoats, and oarsmen at their quarters
warmed themselves before great log fires
IN preparation for the struggles of the
Gay.
The three events for which Yale and Har-
ward had trained for six months were dis
posed Of in a trife more than two hours
without break or a single incident to mar
any one of the races. The story Of the
varsity race will live long in the annals
of college boating. Harvard led Yale al
most to the mile and half flag. Over the
first mile il looked like Harvard's race.
For the past ten days the coaches of both
crews have said that the he race race
two miles. The moment the pistol shot was
fired Harvard dipped their oars into the
water and got the jump on the Yale oarsmen
with q stroke of thirty-seven to the min
ute. which they soon dropped down to
Harvard failed to increase 1t in the first
half-mie. Yale was rowing thirty-three
strokes, but it was not high enough to hold
the Crimson's oars, and at the three-quar-
ter-mile Harvard was three-quarters OF a
length in the lead. Both crews rowed
at the mile and a half had taken the lead
away from Harvard Harvard spurted to
hold her position, but without avail for at
the two-mile flag Yale was nearly length
oil clear water showed between the boats
Harvard held her own for a quarter OF 9
mile, Yale rowing thirty-two and Harvard
thirty-three. The increased stroke sent the
boat along so well that Yale was but hall
length TO the good. The desperate ef-
forts of the Crimson men to overtake Yale
had Slapped their strength, however. fol
from the three-mile flag on Yale gradually
pulled away. The last mile was beautiful
overfake Yale. and the latter rowins
thirty-five strokes 10 the minute TO hole
their advantage. Harvard in the last hall
hit their stroke up TO thirty-eight, but
there was no apparent power behind it.
When IL became a question OF boat length:
Harvard cheers died away and the broad
Thames resounded with one grand Yale
Yale, Valet" while from the decks of two
hundred yachts the cannon were booming
forth in salute TO the victory, and bravo
for the. vanquiShed. Finally the fias
dropped at the finish and the watches re.
corded 20:19 As for Yale and 20:29 80 fol
Harvard 1t was Yale's race by three good
tine ana fo1r-fifths 9 seconds of the tastes
time that any crew has ever made on the
Thames course.
Captain McGrew, who had rowed fol
Harvard as gallant race as any man ever
rowed for any college, fell over limp or
his oar. while Duffy sank down in the shell
had also rowed out the last ounce OF his
power and his oar slipped from his hands
Yale. strong with the nerve which victory
gives, pulled on below the great draw
bridge for two or three boat lengths before
her coxswain called his men to rest.
JUMPED OVERHEARD.
Then a remarkable incident happened
Stroke Bogue. who had rowed like demon
all the way. threw his ear out from his
chest and sprang from his seat into the
river. "a man overboard!'' yelled the GROVE
as Bogue came up from his plunge anC
struck out like a racehorse to meet the
Yale launch, which was coming down th'
course. Head Coach Kunzig and John Ken
nedy met Bogue half way. and pulled hin
into the launch. The Yale stroke. aftel
that long race. was apparently as fresh a.
when he started into IL.
The story of the freshman race is that o.
long sprint by Yales stalwart young
sters. with Harvard clinging to their heels
in a plucky fight The race was started
within few seconds of II o'clock. and wa!
rowed down stream over the last two miles
of the course, from the navy yard down t
the draw bridge. In this race. as in tn
varsity race. Harvard rowed a highe
stroke than Yale. while the latter took
thirty-two-to-the-m gait. and hung q
1T. with scarcely variation of the strok
in the whole two miles. Yale got the hes
VI the start and never lost the lead. Yale
rev averaged more than seven pounds Il
TIE man heavier than the crimson. and we
= Harvard rOwed all the way at from two &
TRES strokes more per minute than Yale
The ELS finished the two miles in 9:43 Is
breaking the old record OF 1851. which has
stood since 1899 Harvard also broke the oil,
record this afternoon. Her time for tn
two miles was 9:4S 3-5. Yale led Harvar'
at the finish by just about one and a quar-
ter boat lengths.
In the varsity four-oar event Harvar,
gave Yale another terrific struggle. In thi
race the ELS had 10 make a vigorous figh
To get the lead. Yale started off at thirty
six strokes, Harvard at thirty-five. Al
though contrary TO their instructions. tn
Yale four stuck To- this gait to the end O
the half mile. and never got down 10 thei
normal gait OF thirty-two strokes to tn
minute until the end OF the mile and a half
Harvard started in at thirty-six. and he'll
IL for almost a mile. when she had TO dro
down Ia thirty Yale finished the frs
half mile in 2:i5 is. Harvard in 2:4g 4;
Yale's time for the mile was 5:3S as Har
wards 5;45. Yale's time for the mile and
half was SIS. Harvard's S:32. Yale finishe
In 10 80 20 Harvard in II 10 1-5. Yale wo
the race. actual measurement by one an
a half boat lengths. The two crews frishe
I'm fine form without break Throughout
the entire two miles. The time made b
Yale establishes.a new record for this even
Captain Elected.
GALES FERRY, June 25-The Yale var