The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-30
HARVARD YALE.
New Haven Freshmen Win OYer
Crimson Oarsmen.
Odds Favor the Blue for the
Later Contests.

New London, Conn, June 1910
Yale went the first honors of the day
when the New Haven freshmen eight
crossed the line half length ahead of
the Harvard Youngsters. The race
was rowed in good water up stream.
two miles from the railroad bridge to
the navy yard. It was a pretty con-
test and was in doubt until the last
stroke was pulled
The start was superb, both crews
catching the water simultaneously.
For the first furlong Harvard more
than held her own. At the half they
were on even terms With one mile
Travelled YaIe's stroke. slower than
Harvard's, began to tell and soon the
Yale shell was a full length ahead A
Harvard squirt cut this down one-haIf.
Yale met her rivals squirt and held
the lead until the finish. The official
time was.
Yale, 1920; Harvard, 1o.2O1k.
The regatta committee has announc-
ed that the four cared race will be
rowed at AIS P. II.
New London, Conn, June 3o-F'or the
t~enty-sixth time since 1876 the oars
men of Harvard and Yale universities
are contesting today on the Thames
river course in the annual regatta.
During all these years the crews of the
Two institutions have met regularly on
this course except in 1896 and the year
following when the famous athletic inn
broglio kept the two colleges apart in
all branches of sport. In 1897 the two
crews met at Pougl1keepsie in a triangu
lar race with Cornell and both went
down TO defeat. In 1898 the old rivals
again met on the Thames with the
1thacans again d contestant and again
the two New England colleges went
down to defeat before Courtney's men.
and Yale on this course victory has
gone to Yale in II contests and the
Yale crew of 1888 holds the course rec
ord Of 20:10.
Accordingly today's battle found Har-
ward men determined to break down
Yale's long line of successes and the
New Haven cOllegianS stubborn in
purpose to prevent this. The night was
one Of some wildness in the day of
Undergraduate enthusiasm but all told
It proved to be somewhat more quiet
than in certain former years. The great
crowds which had arrived in New Lon
don and last night were augmented
upon the arrival of the earliest morning
trains to be still further increased when
excursion trains from Boston and New
Haven and other points arrived.
Daybreak brought with it weather
conditions of a character disheartening
to those familiar with the antics of
New London weather. All night long
there hung over the river a dense fog
probably. To render the enthusiastics
more apprehensive 7 o'clock brought
with it a generous downpour of rain.
Half an hour later, however, the fog
lifted. the rain ceased and the sun be-
gan to give signs of life. At that hour
it looked as If the day would prove
clear and hot.
At the mouth of the harbor the
wind was out of the southeast.
Eight miles UP the river off the quar-
tiers of the crew there was a little
westing in the southerly breeze, and
things looked suspicious. The water
was beautifully smooth and there
seemed to be every. prospect of fine
re cling conditions. Long before
clock there began a procession of
yachts up the harbor to the finish line
The hotels were thronged with early
risers who made their way down
town and up the river to be ready for
the first race, that between the fresh
men. scheduled for 1880 a. m.
There was almost no betting. The
odds on the big race remained at 2 to
I, with Yale the favorite. William
Meiklehan, of New York, is the ref
cree.