New-York tribune., 1907-06-29
HARVARD CUBS WIN.
YALE HEN FIGHT HARD.
Crimson -Four Dared Crezo No
Match, HO7ceUer, for the Byue.
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New London Conn, June 27.-Harvard drew
what consolation her freshmen could give her
this morning in the continuation Of the annual
regatta with Yale on the Thames River. The
youngsters wearing the Crimson whipped the
Yale cubs by q scant length in as pretty a race
as has been seen in many a day. Yale came
back however and won the varsity four cared
race. fairly rowing away from the Harvard four.
which crossed fhe finish line opposite Red Top
fully fifteen lengths behind Yales quad. which
rowed in better style, perhaps, than the varsity
eight did yesterday.
New London was pretty full last night, and
both railroads sent out well filed observation
trains for the left over races to-day. The trains
pulled out about 10 o'clock, and some fifteen
minutes later the freshmen climbed carefully
into their shells from the launches. Harvard
was ready first and the crew padded down to
tire railroad bridge. where the start was 10 be
made. with long. easy stroke that gave hint
OF q lot of driving power. The Yale youngsters
didn't keep their rivals waiting long, and at
:21 the blades flashed to the water at the word
"Go!"
Harvard led from the start. Each stroke o.
the first dozen served TO push the Crimson sheA
ahead, and Just before the half-miie flags were
reached mighty Harvard cheer rent the air, as
clear water showed between the shells. The
space of clear water grew and grew, and at The
one-mie mark Harvard seemed TO have the race
safely won. with lead of at least two lengths
and half. But the old Yale pluck was in the
youngsters, and. inch by inch. foot by foot, and,
at the last. yard by yard. the Blue boat gained.
The Harvard men held their nerve. even with
the Yale shell coming fast in the last half-mile
under a determined squirt, in which the stroke
went up 10 So then 81 and finally TO IS to the
minute The Harvard stroke oar kept up the
long, steady pull. rowing never more than 81 or
30 strokes a minute. Right at the very end
Harvard backs strained a trife quickly
Yale seemed to slide back. and the Harvard
f1ad rs oh IN q victory
The margin was just a boats length. exactly
four seconds Harvard rowed the two miles in
II minutes. 15 seconds: Yale in IL minutes, -
seconds
The four-oared race was a procession. Yale
led by a length of open water less than a
minute after the start. and Harvard never
covered a foot Of the distance Steadily the
Yale quartet moved along. using to perfection
the smooth Kennedy stroke-using il. in fact,
much better than the varsity had done There
almost break at the recovery. and the
admiration the four was well deserved.
Yale's crew covered the two miles in y min
utes 80 seconds. Forty-two seconds after the
Blue had dashed across the line Harvard.
badly beaten as any crew in years on the
Thames, finished. Burchard, at No. .. was
Lunt's place. was in distress. too. But they
pulled themselves together in a minute two
and rowed across 10 Red Top.
Yales beaten freshmen had padded UP 10 the
finish. and a long Yale cheer greeted the victors
from the shell Rarvard's youngsters had
pulled up a mite to wait for their four, and
then went back to Red Top.
Practically speaking. there betting
the minor races yesterday to-day. Yale
a prohibitive favorite for the four-oared race.
and victory was generally conceded TO the Har-
ward youngsters. The course was smooth and
there was practically no wind, what little gusts
there Were being -abean of the crews.
The statistics of the crews follow: