The Washington times., 1905-05-07
PREPS AND YALE
LOST To H|DD|ES
Double Victories for Navy
Crews at Annapolis.
BIG RACE CLOSE CONTEST
Future AdmiIa1s Had to Work Hard.
Props Were Game, But
outclassed.

Severn this afternoon The time or the
winning crew was II minutes 645z sec
onds. Yale's time was 4 seconds slower.
In a race Immediately preceding the
Yaie-Navy contest, the third Annapolis
crew won from the Georgetown prep
crew in a mile and a half. by four
lengths. The time of the Annapolis third
crew was 8 minutes and one-auarter
seconds, that of the Georgetown preps,
8 minutes and Is seconds.
Everything in Annap polls is blue. Navy
blue, not Yale or Georgetown, unless.
perhaps, it was the feelings of the
friends of these institutions, today. The
victories of the midshipmen were clean
cut and decisive. There is not the
slightest doubt that the best crew won
in both races. But the race with the
Yale second crew was one OF the kind
that tend to give the fat apopiexy and
the lean cold chills. It was race from
start to finish. won only in the last
quarter of a mile by a beautiful squirt
on the party of the Navy.
This was the third consecutive race
which the Navy has won over the boat
ing universities. making a splendid rec
ord for the season. The Georgetown
crew was the first to meet defeat at it's
hands. the second was Pennsylvania
University's crew.
Raced in Afternoon.
In spite of the fact that there was
beautiful water for rowing up till Il
o'clock. when the clouds broke and let
the sunshine pour through their gray
mass. the races were put off until the
afternoon at the request of Captain
Whittier, of Yale. who said, with JUS
ttce. that his men were used to rowing
at that hour and would. therefore, be
better suited If the race were not rowed
IN the morning The decision to wait
until the Afternoon was very satisfactory
TO the spectators. many of whom came
from Washington on trains which would
have gotten them TO Annapolis too late
to see the races in the morning. Unfor-
tunately, however, the wind rose with
the clearing of the weather, and blew
strongly up the course, making the row.
ing difficult and fast time Impossible.
Indeed. under the conditions, Il minutes,
81 seconds. the time OF the Navy crew.
was more than good.
1t had been arranged that the George
town Preps and the third Navy crew
should race at 2:30. Shortlybefore that
time large fleet of launches and small
boats OF every description left the floats
near the boat houses. Scores of loyal
Navy. Yale, and Georgetown girls had
places In them Dressed in jumpers, in
white duck. or silks, II nattered not,
one and all Were enthusiastic and as
keen about the races as the oldest oars
man present. Some OF them, perhaps,
didn't know the stroi5e-oar from the
bow. but that had little or nothing to
do with their enthusiasm. Hundreds of
Tnidshipmen swarmed aboard one OF
the old gunboats captured in the Span
ish war and were steamed out to the
finish line.
As has been the case in all the races
at Annapolis this year, the inner course,
that which lies up the Severn, was
chosen. Although not so advantageous
for spectators, this course has been
found much more satisfactory than the
outside. which lies two miles out in the
harbor. A sudden squall on the outer
course would swamp the shells.
After some little maneuvering on the
part OF the coxswains IN the rough
water. Referee Magruder sent the
Georgetown Props and the third Navy
off In a fair start. The Blue and Gray
oarsmen had perhaps a trifie the better
Of It. For the first hundred yards the
crews raced on even terms. Then the
midshipmen began to pull quickly away
from their opponents.
Set High Stroke.
Both crews started off at high stroke,
s5 or So. But il WAS evident that neither
could hold this for the entire distance.
ssse Navy dropped its stroke 10 80 and
Georgetown Props to 32 The Navy crew
was rowing much better together. the
time OF the Georgetown crew being
ragged. Although neither of the crews
rowed a long stroke in The water, the
Navy men held to their stroke better
and got more out of 1t, They kept their
boat steadier and handled their oars
more cleanly.
At the three~quarter mile point the
Navy had two lengths lead and was
drawing ahead almost at Will. The cox
swim Of the Georgetown crew called on
his men for a squirt and they made q
desperate effort to pick up some OF the
lost distance. But those two lengths
doomed Ike Hrnitless space between the
boats and though for a few seconds the
Blue and Gray oarsmen seemed TO hold
their own, their effort did not avail, and
from that point on it was merely a ques-
tion OF by how much the Navy cared
TO win
Props Were Tired.
When the crews crossed the finish
line the third Navy led by four lengths
The Georgetown Preps, who had rowed
pluckily. were thoroughly pumped
Navy, however. showed small sign OF
distress. II Is only fair to the George
town crew 70 say that it had been
handicapped b. the loss of it's stroke
only two days ago and several other
changes in the boat The original plar
had been to have the crews race owe,
the full twzo-uatie course. Coach Denp.
sey, af Georgetown. asked that the race
be made one mile. and a compromise
was made whereby the race was reduced
TO "A mile and half.
The Yaie-Navy race. the event for
which the crowd had been waiting, was
now to be pulled off But, as is always
the case IN a boat race, there was TO be
a delay IN starting it. The stakeboats
at the start were not IN line, and i!
took half an hour TO straighten them
Then came the lining up OF the crews
Captain Whittier. OF the Yale Uniyer-
sity crew. had been chosen to give the
word. and he tabored Elanfully with q
naegaphone as big IS a base drum to
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