The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-30

rowed out the second half Of the four mile
| course.
Despite previous announcements Tale AGAR
had the westerly course in the freshman
race There was practically no difference,
for the exceptional tide and wind made II
as easy for one to row as the other. Har
ward was first on the scene and put In lo
OF time jockeying about. Then Yale came
| slipping down, her freshmen moving g
little less smoothly than might have beer
reputation.
They're off" cried the observation cal
! people as both lined up and Harvard wa,
seen to slip away. 1t was only a false
start, however, for the Harvard sterT
had slipped away from the stakeboat
whose crew had to wait impatientiy while
Arnold. the Crimson ooxswain, mega
phoned: Back her, starboard. and Hold
her, port, in an endeavor to get the she
back to the stakeboat, Finally, they got
BACK, only to lose the stakeboat again
AZ length: however, all was in readiness
Referee Meikleham gave his instructions
and the gun was fired.
The long wait had had its effect on the
nervous systems Of the Yale youngsters
the cry; Doty. No. 4 in the Yale eight
missed his swing entirely at the start and
smashed right back on the outstretched
handle OF Parks oar. -Ouchl' he .grunted
as the oar handle buried itself In the small
OF his back. 1t hurt badly then and hurt
more afterward, but he was there to row,
and had no time to think Of himself. So
in jiify he had picked up his oar and was
back in the stroke within three counts Of
the crab that he caught.
But the delay, small as it was, had fatal
effect upon Yale. Harvard ca ught the water
perfectly by contrast. and came away
stroking "a to the minute. The Crimson
got nearly length away in the first half
mile and things looked anything but bright
for Yale. There was pluck in the boat.
however, 1t had to be there or the men
never would have made the crew. So they
plugged away steadily. trying their best and
cutting down the lead bit by bit.
BY his freshman crew. rowing experts
are likely to judge Jim Wray, the new Har-
ward rowing coach. 1t stands to reason
according to what he has shown himself
able to do with crew of new men, ready
to his hand and having no style to unlearn
or to modify as have his varsity cornbina-
tions. And if he is to be judged by his
freshman, Wray has succeeded. 4 smoother,
prettier rowing two mile crew would be
hard to find. The men pull toget her. finish
leanly feather, well and handle their slides
so as to produce smooth unison and rhyt hm.
Little more can be said in praise of
Harvard crew, for these have been the
Crimson's pet faults The men are fast.
moreover. but their chief wea kness lies
in the tendency to pull the stroke through
too fast and get back too quickly for an
other, Yale's deliberate slides were rarely
better managed than by Kennedys 'Os
not learned the tricks OF workmanship as
we'll as did Harvard.
These were some Of the reasons why
Harvard led by three-quarters of length
He's rushing" cried the dismayed Yalen-
slams. The freshman No. ) was rushing
his slide and catching so much ahead OF
the others that the time was all broken
up; 1t was length for Harvard at the
mile mark. but Yale was beginning to get
together. Look at EN- GOMEZ" cried tri-
umphant Yale, essaying Il long cheer
The cry seemed to fuse the tangled parts
OF the Yale freshman machine into smooth
whole. and fine squirt was evoked. The
Blue was doing "a to the minute higher
even thnn Harvard. The sprint was an
ger gap was opened. At mile and a half
it was nearly two lengths that Harvard
led by. "Yale's never beaten till the race
is over uuoth Harvard young woman.
with demure irony; but I think they're
She had hardly finished saying so when
Yale made the final bid. The Harvard
boat began to waver. Stroke Morgan was
weakening. while the Yale crew came
stronger every minute. But it was still a
ienRln IN favor Oh tne STllnSOn, ana less
than 100 yards from home. Harvard put
all its final bid Of strength into one plunge.
and shot over the line a winner by 10 feet
Of open water. Morgan keeled over and |
Despard weakened, but both soon came |
back.
The Yale youngsters. although ieatsn,
showed their good condition. and were NOT
so near the point Of exhaustion as their
victorious rivals. Counting the freshman
'our and the interuniversity veteran Fights, !
.wo days for the Crimson Harva rd's |
line was minutes 50 seconds, Yale's S
'econds slower The makeup of the crews
'ollows: