Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-30
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Continued from Ninth Page.)


lutte confidence In Harvard The reason
for this is that Yale sent into the race an
eight which she claimed was as good as she
race is briefly, that Harvard has found a
great coach, who undoubtedly will equal
Kennedy of Yale. and thus begin new era
in Yale-Harvard boating. Harvard's cry
is, I'VE will lick them next year,
To this Yale replies with very serious
wagging of the heads of her rowing adj
visers who see trouble ahead.
1t the first time since 1891 that a
varsity race has been rowed up stream.
and this afternoon the sailing craft prac-
ticdly formed an avenue for four long miles.
There was a hard wind to row against,
and as the coaches sized up the situation
they saw there was chance for fast
time.
Yale Gets Better Start
Yale got the best of the start, and in
the first half-dozen strokes shot the nose
of her she'll ahead. Just before the first
half mile was finished Harvard ran her
stroke up and began to cut down YaIe's
lead. Yale started into the race rowing a
"a, while Harvard started at 32 stroke
to the minute. BY the end of the first
half mile the New Haven crew had drop
ped their stroke to 81, and at this gait
they held 1t almost to the finish AT the
end of the first half mile Harvard was
rowing at 30 strokes, but even at this
gait she was unable to get the lead. Yale
finished the half in 2.22, Harvard in 223.
Yale's time at the mile was 80 Har-
wards 512.
When Harvard dropped her stroke down
to - Yale again got back this second
which Harvard had gained and the New
Haven boat passed the mile and half
flag in S.Ol Iarvards time was So4.
The ere, now began to strike the
ships channel just below the navy yard,
nd "a cot he of hn Star
water. Yale gained on this half mile just
three seconds. or almost boats length,
and at the two-mile flag off the navy yard
had the greatest lead over Harvard which
she had at any time during the race.
The time for the two miles was: Yale,
10.iT; Harvard, 1888. Then the Harvard
cOxswain called for a squirt. and his crew
responded gamely. At the same moment
Yale came very near meeting with ac-
cident. An empty barrel had drifted into
the Blues course and it was floating so
low in the water that the nose of the
Yale shell was within a few feet of it
when CoXswatn Barkalow saw it and
cIeverly steered his boat over into Har-
wards water just far enough so that
Yale'S outriggerS passed over the OBJ
struction.
This loss of Roadway. combined with
Harvard's squirt. cost Yale two of her
six seconds advantage Yale's time for
two and a half miles was 1912, Harvard's
1916 AS the crews passed this distance
mark Yale was still rowing a 81 stroke,
while Harvard had dropped down to 81:
Harvard put her stroke back to 81. and
at the three-mile flag she was still fight
ing desperately and far from being lick
ed YaIe's time at the three-mile flag was
1857, Harvards 1913.
Meier Regains Himself.
The last mile of the race was fight never
to be forgotten by those fortunate enough
70 witness it. Just beyond the threemile
flag Meier Harvard's No. Z, who had been
rowing terrific race, seemed to have
pumped himself out He was suffering tor
ture and it looked as though he could not
possibly hold his form the rest of the dis
lance The Harvard stroke dropped back to
thirty-one to the minute. but it only stayed
there for very brief space Of time Sud
denly Meier seemed TO get his second wind
and the Crimson stroke went up two points.
The Harvard shell began to gain on Yale.
Even the Cambridge men declared that
Stroke Filley was making his effort too
soon and declared that he could never keep
il up Yale finished the three and half
miles in 1874, Harvard in 1899. Filley's
crew was gaining on Yale in the last
mile. On every stroke the Harvard shell
crept up nearer and nearer the Yale boat
Suddenly the shells were once more tapped.
The Yale eoxswain called for a squirt and
his crew raised their stroke to thirty-four,
the highest that they had been taught to
row. Still Harvard was game. Up went
the Harvard stroke to thirty-four. and over
the last quarter of a mile the Prov of the
Cambridge shell began to gain inch by inch
on the stern of the Blues boat The crews
were only a hundred yards from the finish,
and still 1t was others race. The crowd
became wild with excitement.
The Harvard shell continued to creep up
on the Yale boat. and every man of the
two crews was pulling the last ounce of
his power. when suddenly the flag at the
finish dipped and Yale was a winner by
three-quarters of a boats length
AS Harvard passed the finish line Meier
at No T. dropped his oar and slid down into
the bottom of the she'll A few handfuls of
water brought him to his senses and then
the two Fights rowed off to their boat
houses. the Crimson receiving just as much
applause as the Blue.
Arrested Mermaid's Captain.
The best time ever made on the Thames
was in 1888. when. rowing down stream
with ripping tide and a heavy wind the
Yale crew made the distance in - minutes
and 10 seconds. This afternoon the crews
rowed up stream with quartering wind
on their bows and only moderate tide to
help them.
The 1905 Fights will go down In history as
two of the greatest crews that the Blue and
Crimson ever produced.
The race was rowed with lust one IN
pleasant incident. The steam yacht Mer-
maid. owned by William Ross Proctor of
New York, insisted on following the race
from the start to finish, against the repeat
ed orders of Chairman Schweppe of the re- ,
gatta committee Yale and Harvard for
years have been trying to put an end to
this interference, and Chairman Schweppe
IN l-a