The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-06-29
DEFEATS Old I'll
n EXCITING ! RAC |||'
EVENT WAS MOST THRILLING
HELD IN RECENT YEARS y.
Two Crews Were Side by Side for
Three and a Half Miles of the Fonr
Two Yale oarsmen, Exhausted,
Were the Cause Of Yale's Defeat
Large Crowds and Great Rowing
Make the Occasion Memorable.

New London, Conn.,, June 29. The
Harvard varsity eight triumphed
over Yale yesterday before the great
est crowd that ever gathered here on
a race day. Coming as 1t did after
years OF defeat. the victory was sweet
indeed tothe crimson. II was q great
Yale crew that Harvard defeated, d
crew that had broken all records
on the Thames In practice, and that
went to the stake-boat at the COM
mencement of the race a favorite, and
tonight Haryard's Joy Is unconfined.
To Captain Filley and Coach Wray.
the supporters Of the crimson are Of
fering the greatest tributes that ever
athletic heroes received.
Harvard won, but Yale rowed q
race that will lives long In the an-s
mails OF college sports. Not once from
the start until the last sixteenth OF q
mile did the shells cease to lap each
ether. The men in rival boats could
see each other for more than three
miles and a half, as first one coxswain
and then the other called upon his
crew for q leg drive and a body swing
TO push his shell ahead. Then at the
last sixteenth OF q mile. and only
then did Harvard really get the lead.
The killing pace had proved too much
Tor two Of the Yale men and In the
Anal squirt Boulton and Noycs Of the
blue were done, their oars literally
Slipping away from them. Here Har-s
yard began to open up clear water
between the two shells and la the
last ten or fifteen strokes Of the race.
she pulled away from her rival.
Noyes, Yale's No. s, was absolutely
exhausted and began to miss the
stream on the catch and swing his
oar through the air.
He sat up In his seat until the flag
dropped and then he fell backward
into the boat like dead man. Chase,
at No. 5, raised Noye's head and
dashed water on him, but he remain
ed unconscious for considerable
length Of time. All the way down the
last mile and. a quarter, the Yale
coxswain Rarkalow, had been throw
Ing water into Boulton's face and
when he finally yelled Vast" Boul-
ton fell forward on his oar. Dick
Morse. Yale's captain, splashed water
upon his men and called to them to
Sit up in the boat. He had lost the
race. the dearest prize Of his college
career but he was game to the finish
and swallowed his disappointme
manfnlly.
Harvard's men in the intoxication
ot their victory did not stop when
the flags fell but rowed on under the
draw bridge amid the din Of hundreds
of yacht whistles. the boom Of cannon
aud the shouts Of thousands Of Cam
bsidge men, who almost jumped out
ofthe observation train into the
Thames to get at their crew.
Harvard won the race by less than
two lengths and q hall. Her time
was z3 minutes and seconds; Yale,s
2 \ minutes. ii seconds.
While the crews had the tide with
them they also had q brisk quartering
Wind which made fast time imp0s-
si6le. The record for the course q 40
minutes and 10 seconds made by the
Y4ie crew Of ! 3 So.
Yale Freshmen; Won
me frst race of the regatta ~,
tl freshmen race of esterday tor
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