The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-26
GLORIOUS DAY FOR OLD YALE.
HARVARD DEATEN IN THREE
RACES on THE THAMES.

-derfuiiy Fast Ttme-Eli's FoursOAfed
Shell Successful. TOo-SO.OOO spocta-
tors At the New London Regatta.
NEW LONDON, June 2s-Yale's triple
triumph on the Thames to-day was mag
nihcent tribute to coaching methods and
pluck. In the four-oared event, In the race
for freshmen crews and in the four-mile
struggle Of the crack varsity Fights. the
Blue was victorious, In each instance out
rowing and outstaying the muscular sons
of Harvard 1t was one long booming
ovation for the New Haven oarsmen a.
they swept down the placid waterway
on both sides of which were countless steam
and sailing craft, including the largest
flotilla of yachts ever seen at this anchor
age. No less than $1,000 persons saw the
races. and tie predominance Of blue was
noticeable everywhere.
Yale deserved all her brave representa-
tives won. Harvard died gamely. but II
was evidently not her year. Yale's mag
nificent stroke, a long sweep, with Z superb
body swing and a quick, clean catch and
recover, won the day There was no hang
to the Yale shells as they sped on to victory.
but a we!l-oiled. machine-like progress
that was pleasing to the aquatic eye and
set the thousands of Eli's supporters simply
wild with delight. Harvard's stroke was
very quick-in fact II might have been called
jerky. The men rushed their slides almost
to fault. pausing slightly as they slipped
the crimson blades into the smooth-runnlng
tide and then pulling so hard that their
heads went back as If made Of india rubber
There was perceptible hang to their shells
and that came near telling the story.
Yale's freshman crew won In phenome-
nally fast time for two miles, minutes
43 is seconds. 1t was a wonderful per-
Torrance. both as to speed and skill, and
after the Harvard youngsters, who also
rowed in fast time, had been beaten by 4
length and half, Julian W. Cuftiss. Walter
Camp and other Yale experts declared that
the winners could defeat any Of the Fights
on the Thames in four-mile race. That
it was the best freshman crew ever seen on
the river was the unanimous opinion Of
the Oldest aquatic sharps.
With two races won by Yale, the varsity
race, which was rowed shortly after 1
O'Clock, turned out to be a complete sur
prise to the hordes from Boston and Cam
bridge. When Harvard started OF n the
lead and kept the advantage until tho first
mile had been completed, there was q ire
mendous demonstration on the two obser-
walton trains and the boats that were
within seeing distance Of this carly part Of
the race, but as 1t turned out Yale WAS only
playing postum, and after that the blue
tipped oars and the blue-nosed shell out
victorious pathway down to thu long
" Dr." uVu0. ye .s Ivr
the DUG ana ahotner army crleo ptteriv
for the Crimson. The Cambridge shell
trailed home three lengths behind the CON-
ouering heroe. from Me- Haven
III h.h. a. -, ~. 10, a.
me um I'm ., ene i.va' s.roke oer'
as the smells passed unoer the ondge' black
twenty-seven observation cars, Indicated
in marked degree the physical condition
of the two crews after their trying ordeal.
Stroke Oar Bogue OF Yale, as soon a. the
coxswain commanded: Let her rum which
up in the frail shell and leaped headlohs
into the river, which was churned into
choppy sea by hundreds OF propellers and
paddle wheels, With a powerful overland
stroke the Yale man swan buoyantly to
the launch Eli Yale, where a dozen hands
pulled him aboard: Bogue, dripping With
brine, threw ms arms around Coach Kuneig,
who was captain of the varsity crew Last
year he also embraced Kennedy, the
professional, VINO mas stcceeded IN teach
ing Yale oarsmen an iryincible stroke.
But Capt McGrew, the Harvard stroke
oar, dld not Jump mo the wateri "
was wonder that ne did not iall overheard
unconscious an 1nrough tne last mile
.hls pIucky young man was sunering agony:
me HarVaro coxswaln contlnualiy splashed
wafer IN nus iace 10 revive nun: Mcarew
ero'inu NE .eetn aug took stloRe aIter
str9Kei pIatynE inward,y lor Ine eng; Vnce
ny iooReu oach W see "hat was ieis OF the
Journey .,,. .,,., ,, A..
inen me mlihos. co,apSed. Uhoer me
priuse; VIZ" h ,e I.opp,u rppMiig, ne Ieli
over Hiil !ils neau ru"eu on ms preast' ana
would nave toPplen heaolone INTO the
river OUT ior .he suuGen grasp on the COZ
swain anu 70. =. several other mon IN
the har'ar1 sheil we're pnyslcaily OK
hausteo, ana ~ vas nve minutes or more
before they were tneinseiVes again. iales
giants ro~eo on wltnout bog1e 10 noAt.
where they ciamDered out OF the sliding
seats Laughing and shaking hands with one
another. iale tlme was 20 minutes 10 Is
SECONDS, harvard s ngures oelhg ~ minutes
20 3-S seconds.
There was not room In any OF the hotels
last night that could be procured At any
price. Private houses therefore, reaped q
harvest, for single beds were snapped up
at IS as readily as cat would eat a mouse.
This morning the day broke With cloudy
sky and cold wind blowing straight down
the river, producing just the kind Of water
tho crews had been waiting for. August
Belmonts steamer Scout, with the referee,
m hi nm ENrNAE