The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-02
Old ELI IS VICTOR
IN ANNUAL REGATTA
Harvard 0arsmen win Varsity
Four From Yale Through
Accident


Won the annual varsity eignt=oared boat
race from Harvard today and crowned a
year that has been repfete with brilliant
athletic achievements She proved. as she
has done many times before her superior
Ity IN everything that goes TO make per-
1ect crew-saEill with the sweeps, seaman
snip and physical endurance
Her victory in the varsity race consid-
cred with her grand battle in the four
cared race, which she lost through an ac-
eldent when 1T looked like a Walkoyer
Tor hef- and the win of her freshman eight
Yesterday IN magnificent struggle makes
II fair to say that she completely out
classed her Massachusetts rivals No re-
gatta ever held on the Thames course was
more worth seeing, despite the triumph of
Yale, and none proved sucn a disappoint-
ment to spectators through the bungiing
manner in which the events were man
aged
In the varsity Fights both Yale and Har-
ward had phenomenalIy fast and power
fui crews, and while no record was broken
or even threatened, the struggle was. as
expected. a grand one.
IN the four-eared race the defeat of
\ ale was due to the breaking of a lock on
the outr1gger of -FiSh's oar Harvartfis
hollow victory accordingly was brought
INTO greater contrast through the superb
Work or her rival An incident occIIrred
IN connection with this race bur IFS hear
ing on the outcome is not considered to
nave Deen material Swain who roWed
Ne; IN the Harvard boat, collapsed just
as the crew was called out. and John Bow
altch, Who had never filled that seat went
INTO the boat He was not in first-cia 6
coholelon, having recently recovered from
an attack OF measles
Accident Loses Race
In the varsity four-oareG race Stuy-
Nesant tlsh Jr Just prevented the Ellis
a. ff11-cac.
nual regatta. In this race Yale after
leadlng by from one to fourteen seconds
was Deaten out at the finish as the result
OF tlSh catching crab and then break
ing his riggeE An eighth of a mile from
The finish the Yale four was six lengths
ahead of Harvard. Fish had aITeadv
caughI crab earlier in the race and the
second nlSnap of the Yale man was fatal
Inc Blue IS shell literally stoppefi Tho
harvard men saw their chance and al
tnoush badly pumped out they jumped
half boat lengths
The story of the varsity and for1r-oared
races IS summed up briefly by the official
race is as follows:
Half niie-Yale. 2:27; Harvard. 2::32
one mIle-1ale, 5:0S; Harvard 5:131S
ward, 7:5T A1'1
Two miles-Ya1e. 1924; Harvard. 1915
Wo and half miles-YaIe, 1917; Har-
ward, 1890
Three miles Yale 16-tO. ETar,-,-5
1928 lial l4o'
Three Three and half miies-YaIe, 1885;
Four niIeS-YaIe 81 -4A1k. Ira,z
22:IO diSdIu'
The official time of the varsity four
Half mile-Yale 40. Harvard 9.41
One mile-Yale 5:45; Harvard $50
$3.50 90 harvard
Two miles-Harvard. 1872. Yale 19.t5
In the varsity Vol
almost at the start by running her stroke
up Iar ABOVE her normal gait and then
sleadlly increased this lead on every half
nile with the single exception of the sec
ond haH mile On this half mile of the
race Harvard cut Yale's lead down nv
just one-half a second
The two varsity Fights rowed a fault
Tess race: There was not single mis-
nap IN either boat. Yale simply had the
better crew.
Crowd Goes Home
The postponement of the varsity race
made Yesterday caused more than one
LII LILY OF me crowd VINO assembled yes
leroay TO go home A SURPRISINGLY big
number of the spectators however re-
manned over for today's races
fale was the favorite for the varsity
race TO the extent of to l in some bets
winch ware made last night Harvard 8
boating men hardly expected to win the
race but the rest of the Harvard crowd
became more and more hopeful as the
hour for the race drew near
Inc race was rowed with a strong tide
a strong win IN favor of the crews. There
was too much wind. however for good
smell racing and the time was correspond
lngiy slow. The water was so choppv that
both crews dropped their strokes down
very low again and again on account of
the heavy SwellS which made a high
stroke impossible. For this reason the
race was unique
i has never before happened that two
varsity Fights have raced and lowered
their strokes to such an extent as these
two crews did intoday's race YaIe's
stroke ranged from % to Sc to the min
utey Harvard's ranged from % to SO TO
the minute. Yaie,s normal gait was 50
while Harvards normal gait was from SO
to "a.
Crews Elect CAPTAINS
Upon the return of the Yale eight to
their quarters, where they were accorded
an enthusiastic reception, the oarsmen
elected as captain for next year Richard
Whittier, OF Staten Island N. Y. who
rowed at No. in today's race.
@. D. Filley. OF Paris, France stroke
OF this years crew, was elected captain
or the Harvard varsity eight
The official times of the finish of the
three events which now constitute the
annual competition. including the fresh
men OF yesterday, We're as follows.
freshmen elghtS two IniieS=YaIe.
1920; Harvard, 10:201s.
Varsity tours. two mileS-IIarvard
1912: Yale 12.15- Winning distance, IL
lengths
Varsity eigf1ts. four miies-Yale. 21:401s;
Harvard. 22:Io. Winning distance. seven
lengths.