Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-01
YALE BY I LENGTHS
New Haven Men Win Big
Race at New London.
ARE NEVER HEADED
CLEAR CASE OF SUPERIORITY In
ROWING.
Gross Mismanagement of the Arrange
ments - Harvard Takes the
Contest in Fours.
ARE NEVER HEADED

| NEW LONDON, Conn. July 1.--Yale won
| the eight cared race with Harvard this
| mornin,, by seven lengths and Harvard won
the race for fours by about a length.
| After q night of high winds and heavy
| rain the morning brought with II conditions
| indicating that the two events of the Har-
| vard-Yale regatta, postponed from yester-
| day. The varsity race and the four-oar,
| could be rowed today.
| A dense fog enveloped New London. the
harbor and the river and there was slight
| southerly breeze. Tie water, however, was
smooth at O'Clock and the sun was ap-
parently making headway through the haze.
| The crowds, smaller as a result OF yester-
days trying experiences, were out early and
! were prtpared for any kind of weather.
| The postponement of the varsity race
| made yesterday caused more than one-third
| of the crowd who assembled yesterday 10
| go home a surprisingly big number OF the
| spectators however, remained over for to-
days races.
Yale was the favorite for the varsity
| race to the extent of to / in some bets
| which We're made last night Harvard s
| boating men hardly expected to win the
| race but the rest of the Harvard crowd be-
| came more aud more hopeful as the hour
| for the race drew near.
| The long and tedious wait of yesterday.
| together with the depressing weather. had
told upCn the oarsmens physical makeup.
| There was no attempt today TO keep secret
! the fact that the crews were in some what
| nervous condition. Although both Yale ana
| Harvard refused officially to make any
| statements, ii was understood that the men
| had lost weight since yesterday and that
| the average reduction at harvard was
| three bounds.
Gross Mismanagement.
Aside from the races themselves. the fea-
| ture of the day was regrettabie one. II
| lad to co with the mismanagement of the
| official arrangements.
Yesterday the thousands of spectators
! we're caused no end of inconvenience, but
| today 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
! result the four-oared race was rowed
without spectators. and many newspaper
men were allowed to wait In New London
| without Il chance to witness the first race
1 of the day.
| The regatta committee notified the oars
men of the fours to prepare for their race
| shortly after o'clock. The stakeboats
were not In position. The Official boats
were scurryinS about the river In panlcky
style. The railroad officials. who were re-
sponsble to their patrons for race-seeing
| transportation. We're bewildered And thus
no observation trains went up the river
| for the first event
With wonderful celebrity the two crews
of fours were hustled to the navy yard.
Their launches had to bs used as stake
boats, and almost before the handful of
river habitues were aware the two crews
were sent away without cheer and
practically unseen except by those on the
official boats. In the city proper there
was loud outcry, and the thousands OF
dsguSted race-goers scampered about.
looking for information to the hour of
departure of the varsity observation
train.
The railroad officials, perplexed through
out the morning, We're finally confused all
the more when a ''hurry-up" order from
the regatta committee. megaphoned to
the drawbridge. called for the immediate
dispatc of the varsity observation train
There was more scampering of the hun
dreds However. they finally succeeded in
reaching the drawbridGe at the last mo-
ment. in time to see the big race.
When II officially became known that
the varsity contest was about to be call
ed there was great furry among the
excursion boats and yachts on the river.
and mad race up the river begun end
ing about the finish line up the river off
Red Top
Yale by Seven Lengths.
The regatta concluded just before
noon, and again Yale took the premier
event In the big varsity race, the Yale
men crossed the line winners by seven
lengths. The time was: Yale. 2l :401k; Har-
ward. 22:l0.
Throughout the race the Ellis were never
headed and from the crack of the pistol
the result was never in doubt. 1t was a
case of superiority in rowing strength and
rowing fundamentals. Within a quarter of
a mile from the start Yale had established
herself in comfortable position length
ahead This had been accomplished in spite
of the fact that Harvard rowed fully two
more strokes to the minute than Yale. The
New Haven oersmen increased their lead
70 and faa1f v,,fls kpl
been Travelled. Then their shell suffered
from the eel-grass section of the course.
Harvard pulled up one length, but when the
Yale shell reached clear water again the
superiority of the blue became more than
ever evident. Gradually the contest became
procession, and Yale's victory was as de-
cisive the most ardent of her support
ers could wish.
Led Throughout
Leading from start to finish the New
Haven crossed the line twenty-nine and &
half seconds ahead of Harvard, which in
boating terms means seven lengths of an
eight-oared shell.
1t was the worst whipping that Yale has
given her old rival in recent years.
Yale got the lead almost at the start by
running her stroke up far above her nor
NAL gait and then steadily increased this
lead on every half mile with the Single ex-
-ception OF the second half mile. On this
half mile of the race Harvard cut Yale's
lead down by Just one-half a second.
The two varsity eights rowed faultless
race There not a single mishap in
either boat. Yale simply had the better
crew. The Ellis :. week ago rowed over the
course L few minutes after Harvard and
that day Yale beat Harvards time by just
thirty-.ive seconds. Today's race demon
strated that there is Just about half min
ute's difference in the speed of those two
crews tor four miles.
The race was rowed with a strong tide
and strong wind in favor OF the crews
There was too much wind. however, for
good shell racing. and the time
resDondngly slow. The water was
choppy that both crews dropped their
strokes down very low again and again
en- account OF the heavy swels, which made
high stroke impossible. For this rea-
son the race unique. 1t has never
before happened that two varsity eights
have raised and lowered their strokes TO
such an extent these two crews did In