The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-02
THE FOUR DARED RACE
In This Harvard Wins Hollow
Victory Through the Breaking Of
Lock on the Ougtriger of Fish's
Oar. Graphic Description Of the
Races.

Races.
The official times of the finish OF
the three events which now constitute
the annual competing. including the
freshmen of yesterday were as follows:
:. Freshman eights, two miles,. Yale
1920; Harvard 1O:20h.
Varsity fours, two miles,. Harvard
1872; Yale 12:15.. Winning distance,
11E lengths.
Varsity eights, four miles:. Yale
21:1O12; Harvard 22:1O. Winning
distance, seven lengths.
The Story of the Contests.
(By the Associated Press.)
New London Conn.,, July 1.-Yale
won the annual Varsity eight cared
boat race from Harvard today and
crowned a year that has been replete
with brilliant athletic achievements.
She proved, as she has done many
times before her superiority in every
thing that goes to make a perfect
crew-skill with the sweeps, seaman
ship and physical endurance.
Her victory in the Varsity race
considered with yesterdays grand
battle in the four cared race which
she lost through an accident, when IL
looked like a walk over for her, ana
the win of her freshman eight yester-
day in a magnificent struggle, making
it fair to say that she completely out
classed her massachusetts, rivals. NO
regatta ever held on the Thames
course was more worth seeing, despite
the triumph of Eli Yale and none
proved such disappointment to spec
tators through the bungling manner
in which the events were managed.
In the four cared race the deIeal
of Yale was due to the breaking Oh
lock on the out-rigger of Fish $ oar.
Ha.rvard's hollow victory, accordingly,
was brought into great contrast
through the superb work of her rival
An incident occurred in connection
with this race but it's bearing on Ihe
outcome is not considered to nave
been material Swain, who roWeu
number three in the Harvard pUd.'
collapsed just as the crew az caliou ,.
out. and John Bowditch, Wno heNca
had filed that seat, went lnlo llic
hoat He was not in first class con-
dition. having receIbly recoVereu
from en- attack of measles.
Tho prediction that both VARSITY
o,.,S v,ere of remarkable phySlcdi
st,o,grh was proven true. for both I'M
isbed in excellent condition. HarVa.u
never before had crew icIuih
quarters from hard race III such
Aside from the races themselves
tba feature of the day was regret-
able one. 1t had to do with the nus
management of the official arrange
ments. snaota-
Yesterday the thousands OF specla-
lors caused no end Of inconvenience
hut today the experience OF the race
peers was vastly different.
There was a mad rush TO see .ne
varsity race, many spectators arriving
just in time.
Bang! And Away They Go.
# was half-past nine before the
four-oar race was started up stream
from the navy yard. This delaye'i
the varsity race. AT 1915 both var
sitv crews were at their stake boats
and in les sthan two minutes ther
referee's pistols sounded the signal TOT
the start Both crews got away IN.
splendid style, but the Ellis from the
minute the pistol cracked showed that
they intended to get the lead, II It was
possible Yale jumped away at %
strokes to the minute, while Harvard
was only rowing "a. Yale's boat was
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