The Washington herald., 1907-06-28
YALE CREW VICTORS
Defeat Harvard at Finish by
Almost a Length.
RACE ENDS IN THE DARK
Usual Direction Reyersed-Time
Wasi Yale, II Minutes 10 Seconds;
Crimson supporters Show Their
Deep disappointment Over Result.

New London, June 27.-Only one race OF
the three set for the day IN the annual
Haryard-Ya!e regatta took place, and
that did not come off until nearly dark
but it was we'll worth waiting for.
1t was between the varsity Fights oveI
a four-mile course. Tie race was the
closest kind Of a contest, at no stage OF
which more than a quarter Of length
separated the crews until about ter
strokes from the end: then. as Faulkner
and Severance. in the Harvard boat
weakened, the Yale crew shot away and
won by a tTlhe less than an open length
The time for the race was given out e
z minutes. 13 seconds.
The race was a marked disappointment
20 the Harvard men and their sympa.
thizers.
The result Of the race seemed to show
that the Harvard style Of pulling is not
particularly effective.
The Harvard crew took a longer Leaf
forward with each stroke than Yale, but
stopped while the men were coming back
20 the next stroke while the Yale shell
ran right on forward
Direction Reversed.
It was about o'clock when the Har-
ward and Yale launches were seen com.
ing down the course 10 start the race
which had to be from the drawbridge uT
10 the usual start. because Of the change
in tide.
The appearance Of the Harvard crew
seemed 20 strike deep INTO the souls Of
the Crimson cohorts. My, aren't they
Just fine Look al that swing; see tho
way the boat runs along They are
great" and like remarks. indicative alike
OF wonderful merit on the part Of the
Crimson crew, and the comparative i'm
possibility Of so ste-ling a combination
being defeated The Yale crew came on
without any admiring comment on the
part Of the New Haven contingent. but
was greeted with a long cheer by way Of
approval
As the word go was given the Har-
ward crew slipped away in the lead. and
struck ont as if determined never 20 Do
thirty-eight % the minute. but the Grim
son settled down after about 80 yards.
Harvard Gets Lend.
Il was IN this stretch that Harvard had
its greatest lead L was also about all
that could be seen from the east shore
observation trains until the cars came
ont from behind the hills. and then the
crews had covered more than a milk.
After the Harvard crew got away in the
lead, the Cambridge men tried 10 increase
the.r advantage. At the hat mile mark
Harvard had lead Of aboHt a quarter
of length, which had increased to a
length when the mile stake was reached.
From that point, however, the race be-
came exciting. the crews from time TO
time alternating in the lead
Yale. in a squirt at the mile and q half.
brought the crews nearly even but when
the two-mile flags were reached Harvard
appeared TO be a leader by about two
feet The Yale crew responded 10 every
squirt Of their opponents, and at times
the crews were rowing stroke for stroke
only a few feet apart. At the two and a
half mile stake the Yale crew had an adj
vantage Of about two feet. but at the
three mile and three and one-half mile
stakes. the crews were exactly even.
Case of Squirting.
It was a case Of diug-dong squirting and
rcspurtng from that point
The defeat Of Harvards varsity crew
breaks up the idea generally entertained
by the Crimson men that the three crews
captained by the Bacons would sweep the
regatta. r. L. Bacon. jr.. is captain Of
the varsity eight. G. q. Bacon is captain
Of the four and f. c. Bacon captain Of