Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-10
HARVARD MADE
PLUCKY FIGHT.
Cambridge Crew ViCtOrs on the
Thames by Two Lengths. Am err
lean Fights Squirt Too Late.

LONDON. Sept. 10.-The great race
between Harvard and Cambridge uni
versities resulted in victory for the
English crew.
strongest university crews ever seen
ON the Thames. Stuart of Cambridge
without doubt is one of the most re-
sourceful strokes, with a genius for
leadership, working with brain as we'll
us with arms and legs. He knew that
he must lead the Harvard crew at the
outset and keep his advantage mile
after mile, and with the help of seven
experienced Waterman he succeeded in
winning the race.
Yet the Harvard men, while unable
to overtake Cambridge, rowed with
logged persistence and forced their
rivals to exert themselves to the ut
most. 1t was a long, plucky race
astern, and at the end Harvard seemed
fresher than Cambridge and better
able to row another mile.
The superior strength of the slower
stroke had not beer demonstrated, and
there was not force in reserve for Il
final and invincible squirt like Colds
ten years ago.. when Oxford beat Cam
bridge from Barnes bridge after being
behind three-quarters of the distance.
1t is quite possible that the enormous
crowd and intense excitement may
1,ox nffnatndH IL IVA .I I,tt f,D,, tI,o
moment Cambridge tool the lead until
the end of the race the Harvard boys
did not show trouble, and at the end
of the race in all the crew there could
not be detected a sign of distress
about any of them.
And yet Cambridge won by only two
lengths and this over a course nearly
four and Il half miles in extent.
The spectacle was one of the most
brilliant ever witnessed on the famous
Thames course. The river was smooth
and the tide full and the weather per-
feet for the holiday. At least 10000
spectators lined the banks. lawns, ter.
races and bridges, and scores of eXcur.
sion steamers were crowded with pas
sengers. Never has the reach of the
river from Putney to Mortlake, with
its three quaint church towers and
continuous environment of trees and
turf, looked more beautiful than when
il multitude of pleasure seekers had
the satisfaction of looking on and wit
Messing the superior Craftsmanship of
their university athletes. If they cheer
ed their favorites Justify there was an
undertone of sympathy for the gallant
American competitors, who were show
ing true A~nglo-SaXon grit and taking
a beating manfully without complaint.
Filley, captain of Harvard, after the
race was naturally downcast, but
spoke to the point.
"They got away quicker than we
did" he said, land set us a terrific
pace for the first mile. After that we
began to close on them. but their
stroke kept the men well together, so
that when we spurted in the last half
mile Stuart answered lis by calling on
Cambridge for another effort, and we
failed to get up, having left it until
too late. Still, we will come again and
try to evers the defeat"
English experts say there is but one
explanation for the result, that of SUI
periority of English Craftsmanship and
Of the English stroke. Harvard. the
experts declare, was one of the finest
crews physically eve seen on the riv-
or, but they were unable to overcome
that training which English oarsmen
receive from childhood.