Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-08
,,.,,, Won Toss for Choice
And Took the Surrey
side.
|r,vs. 10 MINUTES, IS SECONDS
c,,,s,t Aroused More Excite
nsnt in Great Britain Than
,ovlNs Event Ever Did.
u.. R,ought About by X, c.
"' A. r.. and Former In.
..uaOr Of Harvard Crews.

,..,, England, Sept. S.-By the de-
-. I.;anee OF two lengths Cam
-, ,,n the great International boat
=, 49,. ,,s,y Sailing off by a steady
,.,,-,ul stroke. all Harvard's desper-
r.,,srts The light blues had the ad-
~" w., Of the choice Of stations, which
',,ssm Of least length to the good
s,souence Of the wind sheltered
-, on the Surrey side OF the river.
a., rct away ahead at the start, and
80 able to maintain their lead and
-, Increase II as soon as they reaeh-
:. n, vlnd-roughened water at CHS
ryot. II was pretty race
rrsshout
mere was a moment Of intense ex-
-, ,,ney as the two crews backed their
an 10 the stake boats and then lean
:, ar forward. awaiting the signal
p, pistol shot broke the spell and
Nh crews got away from the marx
~ oleanly. amid a deafening roar
,vn the multitude. The start was
.,ect. both crews taking the wafer
:, The same instant. Neither splashed
AM with soft, steady precision the
cambridge men drove the bow OF their
kst han a length ahead within the
stt Two boat lengths. As the Eng
Ia boat shot ahead a wild yell went
M from the patriotic masses.
Cambridge went at a TREMENDOUS
rs,e. q strokes to the minute al the
tart gradually reducing this rate
Vile the Harvard men hardly rowej
,bo,e 81. The light blues gained
stroke by stroke until by the Tune
Csryen steps were reached daylight
showed between the shells. Then the
fnwas went mad and It was 100 TO l
that Cambridge would be the winner
HARVARD MEN IN BOAT.
IN. Harvard men stepped into the
boat. II
m, Two boats quickly got into posi-
49,, ara p q. Lehman, the starting
owr,-s administered the usual caution
| IA a momtnt later. al as p. M. a
! sd shot sent the two racing shells
away 10 an admirable start.
Nhoush the Cambridge oarsmen
struck me water only 20 times In the
hs, half minute, 70 Harvard's p. the
nose Of the light blue boat Immediately
showed 10 the font the drive being SO
strong and The recovery so prompt.
slightly quiekenng their pace. while
Harvard reduced theirs. the light blues
stroke had gained a further advantage
u the end Of the first minutes rowing.
"A Though they lost the advantage OF
81 taking the lead al the start, the Ameri-
+ rams showed no signs OF being dis
4 llfoed. They kept up a steady pull
. The ate q about IS strokes TO the
/ minute which suits the crew so we'll.
Lite more than a length separated
ne boats az Craven Steps. but on
Il reaching the mile post the bow OF the
i r,tr on the Surrey side gave the Cam
,nise crew a great advantage. A
tsai wind sent the tide rolling down
ms reach. making a broken sea OF
/ tath the Americans got the full bene-
While the knglishmen were protect
tty The river hank on the Surrey side.
~ me time the boats reached the
4 iab Tree about a mile and a half
Ron the start stuart the Cambridge
ffoke. had taken his boat over two
flgihs 70 The 'front.' The Harvard
woke Filley. az this point called ON
% men for a great effort and they re-
fonded gamely. The Qulckened stroke
ton tod, the daylight between the
N.s was seen 90 be visibly lessened.
"a When the Cambridge shell shot by
hAHmtrsmlth bridge the Englishmen
sfs barely a length and a quarter
hfai
SCENE At THE BANKS.
me scene on the banks OF the river
es amazing. Americans and English
hri wed With each other in cheering
u"E champions, while the din II
~ accompanying squadron OF steam
q vas deafcning.
rushing on past the Lead mills,
sa,fe both boats we're doing 81
nohes Cambridge maintained their
~ ana The crew appeared TO be COM
- Wen within themselves. AZ the
80 turned the bend and entered
'usher water, Harvard again spurted.
uakhlhoent effort sent the American
~ upon us opponent foot by foot.
~ me Dover, although Harvard lost
.alq through wide steering. stuart
w up ne steady stroke. AT Chiswick
~ English stroke shook up his crew
~ - oegsn 10 pull away from Harvard
=. We three mile post Cambridge was
TWO lengths ahead and on reach
We Devonshire Meadows. the Eng
,s .llnfh we're two and a half lengths
sl ana The race was practically
AZ harvard. however. was game ia
w no and spurted again. gaining A
Nnslh But u was too late 10 retrieve
y. fortunes of the day and Cambridge
,aSsea The winning post easy vlc,ors "a
,ssuaht race by two lengths. Time 10
MINUTES IS seconds.
= seconds ''' "'s ~ minutes
he Official times we're as follows.
talANen steps ? minutes 10 seconds
slos : minutes : seconds; Ham
titVith bridge Z minutes rs seconds
.sNlek church 70 minutes 81 Sec
So, hsrnes bridge IS minutes 4 sec
80 winning post. 10 minutes ls
h ls The record for the course Is
49, minutes q seconds made by OK.
nos. Z m.-Cambridge won toss and
'''se NE Surrey side.
-. ? m.-The Harvard crew we're
Az p m.-Cambrldge took slirh,
80 start which was made al t.ss
" ,. m.-Cambridge Was leading
engih Al Beverly Brook
49, p m.-Cambridgc still over a
80 ~ IN front Of Harvard Harvard
A, '"Ning e. Cambridge "a.
A., ,fafensteps the Cantahs wers
'',i : length ahead WIZ
AZ Crab Tree. Cambrldse ws. iesa
,.l tNo and = quarter lengths
NAT Hammersmith b,iase
head 'ensth ana A quarter
nan m'-A Lead Mills Cambridge
,oa g,-iIea her lesd Of a length ana
IN both crews sirokinr aboui al