New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
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New London Conn. June 29.-The clouos ,hss
nave hovered so long ever Harvards ro"ihs
,,-,enec.e are tonight less heavy and ominouS
tslan in half dozen years inoeeo, just pe,Oio '
q o'clock there was observed in them small Out
6sstinct rift through which the sunshine OF sue
sess neered ftfuliy for an instant before lhes
<.,,t down again For though beaten again pE
rais the Crimson did not succumb untli aiteT
The most magnificent contest ever seen On 'ne
heautifui Thames or, for the matter OIL 'iid'' oii
ary stream.
Les. than ,hree-auarters of length oiSioeo
the Blue from the Crimson when the hhai gun
hoomed at the finish line under the western sho'
and Harvard was gaining with every fractloh
of q second. From The crack or ene reieiee
nis,ol it was ding dong, hammer ana eohss.
e. n ,;oh,b ~ q mile the Cambridge shell
showed a triae in front, and though Yaie thefe-
after drew slowly away Harvard settieo oo"i-
to her work and for more than tnree-quai'ei
Of TIE four mile pull the two boats were iappeu
upor each other. rot an inch of blue water snow
ing between them.
HARvARD's PLUCKY FINISH.
relnlessly beaten but in that final mile the
eight men from the Charles River district put
Cd an exhibition Of sand such as has rareis' IL
Ger heen seen in an eight Dared shell race.
Inch by inch they gained. foot by foot they
crcpt up: try as Yale would she could not snake
her rival off IN the last hundred yaros 'he
Crimson shell simply bounded through the
water but the journey was not long enough ana
the Blue was first at the last fag by scahl
thrse-quarters Of g length
IT was a gallant struggles gallant as d
man may wish to see. Had tnat Ioui hiiies
bs.n four and quarter Cambridge would have
aas VII A
story is going the rounds tonight that but 1or
the collapse OF Meier who pulled No In the
Harvard boat. the Crimson would surely have
been the victor.
Meier this tale has it, barely able 10
keep the stroke in the last quarters of the Jour-
new This report cannot be verified Meier dld
certainIv appear TO be in trouble but he sat
,,u in his place after the shell had crossed the
line and his real condition is known only TO the
men who sat in the boat with him. Naturahy'
no information can be gained from them
The oficial time of the race as announced by
the Judges is as follows: Yale. % minutes 80 20
seconds; Harvard, % minutes 36 seconds.
The preliminary races rowed in the morning
had not a little to do with the appearance OF that
aforesaid ray of sunshine for Harvard's crews
were the victors in both the freshman and the
four-oared races Each of these resulted in
hot contest. 1t give and take in the fresh
man race and Yale coming fast behind, just as
was Harvard in the varsity contest, when the
Cambridge youngsters drove their shell home
the winners by scant length. The Crimson
quartet led from the start, but clear water
showed until the second mile the Crimson boat
finishing length and e quarter TO the good.
WHAT PAID COACHING DID.
# is a more than noteworthy fact, indeed,
pregnant with Importance 10 the athletic world
in general, that this is the first year that Har-
wards crew has been trained by paid coach
The discussion and criticism that followed the
announcement from Cambridge that the system
of amateur coaching had been abandoned in IA
vor Of the professional plan is still fresh in the
public mind. If success on the water be the
first desideratum, to-day's races must be re-
garded abundantly vindicating Harvard's
change of policy, for the freshmen and the four
cared crew won, and the varsity came much
nearer victory than has any Harvard var
sity crew since the last victorious year of 1899
All three crews We're made ready for the race
under the supervision OF Wray. the first profess
sonal who has ever sent three Harvard boats
10 the races
Moreover, 1t has been open secret in New
London ever since the crews came to the Thames
for their final practice that the freshmen were
wrays pets and that by them he expected his
methods to stand fall. For he alone had
trained them from the beginning OF their crew
careers. He had grounded them in the first
principles of the game while with the varsity
re was building to great extent upon another
mans foundation
That 1t is day OF practical triumph for Wray
and his methocs Is generally conceded by
ing critics tonight and that Wray will send
Harvard crews 70 the starting line year from
is regarded az conclusion already fore.
gone.
IDEAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
No fairer oay for boat race was ever granted
by Fidele June fhan that which broke the
Thames this ni9rr,inE. The sky absolutely
cloudless. the sun was kindly, not nercely. warm.
while the gentle breeze that breathed from the
Northwest wes just strong enough TO ripple the
water d trihe and pleasantly fan the cheeks of
the spectators.
From early morning the arriving trains from
East West and North brought thousands Of
eager racegoers OF the that New-Londoa
knows 10 we'll The heaviest eargoes were de-
posted from the Boston and New-Haven spe-
cials. though thousands came from New-York.
and no hamlet OF the scores that dot the shore
line ali the way between was TOO small or too
remote to send its banner waving representa-
tives.
Hundreds arrived last night and rushed the