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varsity Four.
Freshman Eight.

occurred in connection with this race
but its bearing on the outcome is not
considered to have been material.
Swain, who rowed No. in the Har-
ward boat, collapsed just as the crew
was called out and John Bowditch,
who never had filled that seat, went
into the boat. He was not in first
class condition, having recently recov
cred from an attack of the measles.
Time for the Three Events.
The official times of the finish of the
three events which now constitute the
annual competition, including the
freshman of yesterday, are as follows:
Freshman Fights, two miles: Yale,
1920; Harvard 1O:2O1a.
Varsity tours, two miles: Harvard,
1912; Yale, 12:15. Winning distance
one and a half lengths.
Varsity Fights, four miles: Yale,
q :401s Harvard, 22:10. Winning dis
lance seven lengths.
Both in Pink of Condition.
The prediction that both Varsity
crews were of remarkable physical
strength was proven true for both fin
ished in excellent condition. Harvard
never before had a crew return to
quarters after hard race in such good
shape.
Aside from the races themselves, the
feature of the day was a regrettable
one. 1t had to do with the mismanage-
mentl of the official arrangements.
some One Numbered.
Yesterday the thousands of specta-
tors caused no end of inconvenience,
but to-day the experience of the race
goers was vastly more exasperating.
without public warning the racing
events of the day were interchanged
and set ahead. As a result the four
cared race was rowed without spec
tators. and many newspaper men were
allowed to wait in New London with
out a chance to witness the first race
of the day. There was a mad rush
to see the Varsity race, many spec
tators arriving just in time.
varsity Race Delayed.
II was $50 o'clock before the four
Dared race was started upstream from
the navy yard. This delayed the Var
sity race. At 11:15 o'clock both 'varsi-
ty crews were at their stakeboats and
in less than two minutes the referee
pistol sounded the signal for the
start Both crews got away in splen-
did style. but the Ellis, from the min
ute the pistol cracked. showed that
they intended to get the lead If II was
possible. Yale jumped away at thirty
six strokes to the minute, while Har-
ward was only rowing thirty-four.
Yale's boat was not running so
smoothly as Harvard's. and the Blues
were plainly making an effort to get
the lead. The Harvard she'll was run
ming smoothly and the crew was row.
ing we'll within itself.
Low stroke by Yale.
Yale finished the first half mile. row.
ing at ,twenty-eight strokes to the
minute and leading Harvard by one
and a half boat lengths. BY the time
the mile flag was reached Yale raised
her stroke to thirty. and Harvard had
Jumped hers up 70 thirty-two to the
minute. Harvard's squirt cut down
Yale's lead by just one-half a sec
ond.
ChOppy Seas at the Mile.
At the mile and a half flag the water
was very choppy and both crews were
compelled to drop their stroke down
| surprisingly low. The strokes at the
points were only twenty-five to the
| minute. Yale was now leading by a
| little over two boat lengths. Just be-
] low the navy yard where the hills