The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-26
YALE WON ALL
THREE RACES
Result Attributed to Superiority
ofthe Stroke.
CRIMSON MADE HARD FIGHT
RECoRD-BREAKING CROWD AT
OLD NEW LONDON.

Ae-E1 III A-lE alluudA regatta on the
Thames. The wearers of the blue won
the eight-oared varsity race by three
and One-half boat lengths the freshmna
slght-cared race by two and a quarter
lengths, and the varsity four-oared
In all three races Harvard put
un memorable fight and went down to
defeat after gallant struggles in which
her boys rowed out the last ounce Of their
me official time Of the races was as
Varsity race-YaIe. 20 minutes. 70 As
seconds; Harvard. 20 minutes. % 80 sec
Freshman race-Yale. . minutes. AZ Is
seconds Harvard. minutes, IS So sec
Varsity four-oared race-Yale. 10 min
utes, 50 % seconds; Harvard, II minutes
10 10 seconds.
Opinion of Experts.
Yale's three. victories are attributed by
I me-, experts to the superiority of the
over that taught Harvard by her graduate
coaches 50 far as physical form was
concerned. there was no choice between
the crews. except with the possible ex-
ceptiOn that the Yale freshmen out
weighed their Harvard rivals by over
seven pounds per man.
The varsity race was a surprise. The
FRESHMAN race had been conceded to
fale. while the fOur-oared race was also
predictions
Record Crowd.
The greatest crowd that ever came to
TINS quiet Old harbOr town by rail and
water saw Harvard go down to defeat
1t seemed as if no amount of bad weather
ana threatening skies could keep people
away from New London. The sky was
uuh and leadens with the wind cold
their quarters warmed themselves before
great log fires in preparation for the
struggles of the day
BY 1880 o'clock the wind was blowing
fresh and clear and except for the chill
OF the air the conditions were ideal for
boat racing. over the last three miles
of the varsity course 200 of the finest
yachts that float in American waters
were swinging at anchor, gay with the
coiors Of Yale and Harvard
Without Hitch
Referee William MeikeIham, the old
Columbia oarsman, at 1880 notified the
crews TO get ready. In three minutes
time the varsity four-oared race was
begun, ana 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 disposed !
of in a trifle over two hours without a
break or a single incident to mar any one I
of the races.
long in the annals OF college boating.
Harvard led Yale almost 10 the mile and 1
a half flag Over the first mile it looked /
like Harvard's race
For the past ten days the coaches OF /
both crews have said that the race would i
be finished within the first two miles 4
shifts and changes. the Ellis were afraid /
that if Harvard led for a mile Yale /
would lose her stroke and would never I
get it back again.
YaIe's Strong Stroke.
Last night John Kennedy told his crew 1
that they must strike thirty-two Der /
minute stroke and hold it right through /
the race. no difference what happened 1t /
takes good headWOrk and lots OF nerve I
% row a lower stroke than the other crew (
when the other crew is leading But \
this is just about what Yale did this I
afternoon. Harvard got away at thirty 1
five strokes to the minute, Yale at thirty /
two Harvard had decidedly the best of /
the start and by the end of the first half j
mile was leading Yale by half boat \
length. Captain McGrew put the stroke /
up to thirty-slX Harvard reached the
first flag in 2:30 Is, Yale in 2:31 So
Harvard's cOXsWain got out Of his course
ESCAPE from hitting the first haif-miie
flag. over the second half-mile Harvard i
held her lead over Yale Stroke BOgue
Harvard seemed to think that she had
grip on Yale and Captain McGIew eased /
his stroke down TO thirty-twO. Harvard's
time for the first mile was 5;06 S-5; Yale's
was 5.07-4-5. 1t was a remarkable coin
cidence that Harvard over this half-miie
held her lead without varying II by even
a fraction Of q second
Els Crept Up.
The third half-mile. however. showed
that Harvard could not hold Yale without
rowing a higher stroke. Harvard's effort
over the first mile had begun to tell on
the nerves of the crimson eight. Little
by little Yale's boat began to creep up on
Harvard's. Just before the mile and q
half flag the shells were even and by the
time the flag was reached Yale had
wrested the lead away from her old rival
The blue reached the flag In Z minutes
and 40 seconds. leading Harvard by two
seconds. or more than half a boat length.
Harvard raised her stroke 10 thirty I
three. but still Yale went ahead without
raising hers above thirty-twO.
Shouts For Yale.
The long observation trains had been
rattling and roaring with the cheers for
Yale and Harvard Now 1t certainly
seemed as though these two moving
grand stands burst into one great shout
for Yale. The coaches had said that the
race would be over at the halfway point,
but IL was not. Yale reached the two
mile flag off the navy yard in 10 min
utes 8 seconds, with Harvard hard on
her heels. only 4 2-5 seconds behind. There
was just half boat-length Of clear water
between the two shells Harvard was not
yet whipped. She had held her stroke at
thirty three, while yale, after getting the
lead. had dropped hers down to thirty
one The crimson eight were rowing
without a break. and their long. easy
question was whether Harvard could put
her stroke up again and hold it for a
this question Instead Of raising her
stroke. Harvard was compelled 10 drop
back TO Wales gait at thirty-twO. The
result was that Yale reached the two and :
q half-mile flag In u minutes . Is sec
onds. leading Harvard by As seconds
Then for the first time Yale began to look
rea sonably sure OF a victory. She was
leading the crimson by just a trifle less
than two boat-lengths
Race Practically Won
At the three-mile flag Yale had in /
creased her lead to nine seconds and had [
practically won the race. YaIe's time for z
the three miles was il minutes 80 2-5 sec 7
onos. Harvards g. IL minutes SO 2-5 seconds.
Harvard, IN passing the three-rnile flag.
made her last squirt to get back her lead. :
Although ne was Keeling in his stretCher 2
and the Harvard crew was splashing wa I
ter in his face, Captain NcGrew raised s
his stroke up to thirty-fOur 10 the minute
but even at that gait Harvard could rot
catch Yale. For a few strokes the Har-
ward shell gained a trifle, but before the
three and "a half-mile flag was reached Y
Captain McGrew had been compelled to n
iroD back 10 thirty-tw0 gait. Harvard 4
was now tired and fale begau 70 gain on / \
every stroke. Hale's time for the three / r,
and a half miles WAS u minues So and +
20 seconds. HaFVard,s. a minutes So and 3
IS seconds over this half mile Yale +,
had increased her lead by four and one | +
lalf seconds +
At the Finish.
II was now only a question Of boat
enEths. Harvard cheers had died away
and the broad Thames now resOuudeli n
sith one grand '.Yalai Yale. Ealelf vchila n
rom the decks Of 200 yachts the cam 3
non were booming forth in salute to the g