Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-28


New London. Conn. June 2S.-Har-
ward freshmen eight today won the
boat race from Yale by length and i
half.
With the water smooth and Scarce.y
a breath of wind stirring the crews
got away with Harvard slightly in the
lead, Harvard rowing "a strokes and
Yale 30. At the quarter mile Harvard
was a length ahead. increasing the ad-
vantage by quickening the stroke. to a
length and a half at the mile post.
Begins To Overhaul.
After leaving the mile beth crew :
hit up a stroke TO 3R The Yale crew
had more power and began TO gain.
Half way between the mile and mile
and a half Harvard led by less than
half length.
The time at the mile was Harvard.
SIS; Yale. 500. Just before reaching
the mile and a half Yale obtained =
slight lead but the race was very close
AT the mile and a half Harvard was i'll
| the lead by half length. Time, Yale,
S:57: Harvard, S:55.
First at Finish.
With the finish in sight Harvac |
| spurted and fairly seemed TO lift the
| boat out of the water and drew away
going over the finishing line a length
and a half ahead of its opponent.
| The best work by Yale was done il
the last half mile but the Harva d
| squirt at the finish settled the race
Both crews finished in good shape
! Thirty seconds after crossing the line
the victorious Yale varsity crew
cheered the defeated freshmen.
The four-oared race immediately
followed the freshmen event. Just be
fore the boats got into position :
breeze from the south sprang up il
favor of the boats. Yale caught tbs
twater first and had a-slisht lead. Boil
boats went off with a dash the crew!
rowing 3S. At the quarter mile Yale
had a led of length and a half ant
was pulling away rapidly. At three
eights Yale was three-quarters ahea'
and still gaining. Both crews decreaS
ed their stroke after the first quarte'
mile. At the half mile Yale was leai
ing by two lengths.
Pulls Lead Down.
After getting over the first half mil;
Harvard spurted and pulled Yale's len
down to a little more than length
At the three-quarters Yale spurted an
again obtained a clear lead of twr
lengths. At the mile the stroke y
both crews dropped to 333. Yale wa
: we'll in the lead by more than thre
: lengths. Yale continued to draw stead
, lily away Yale was rowing yer.
smoothly while Harvard splashe1
t Every stroke seemed to give Yau
more advantage and the Harvard mcl
: seemed TO be nearly spent. Yale wa
rowing a 80 stroke and Harvard SO.
Yale spurted near the mile and
half mark pulling a beautiful race
r Harvard passed the mile and hal
/, mark a dozen lengths behind and see,r
: ed to be barely able to send thei
J shell along.
Coming into the last stretch tn
Yale boat went along finely and finall
, went over the finish line ten length
f ahead of Harvard.
n Yales' time was 12:31. and Harvard
:. 1898. Both crews were very tired.
Yale Takes Big Event.
r New. London. Conn. June 2S.-B
/ fore the largest crowd that ever W:
n messed a race on the Thames river I'll
d Yale crew won last evening Rowiu
s averaging four strokes TO the minu
d less than Harvard held the big Cay
e bridge eight even until the last ha
If mile, when the Blue let out their spec
: and won by scant boat length. New
e once in the whole four miles did Il
long, graceful shells. cease to lap ea'
other. Yale's time for the four mil
was q minutes and 10 seconds; Ha
wards 21 minutes and Is seconds.
4 The race was accompanied by Of
l. disagreeable incident. This was the 3
rest of E. H. Hartman, the railro
magnate, by Lieutenant Bulmer. .Pr'
ident Roosevelts naval aide. Bulm'
who was in charge of the revenue C.
ter. had warned every boat owner L
to follow the race.
ie The big varsity struggle had scar
D. ly been started when Hartman. in
in powerful motor boat. started to foll'
an the race. Bumer and Charm
III Schweppe, who were aboard the
10 gatta committee boat Arrow. repe
III edly warned Hartman to stop his
is CINE and get out of the course. Ha
en- man not only paid no attention to The
ng but took position right along side
m referees boat and held it.
isl OF the naval yard Bulmer signal
of for the launch and footed the revel
the cutter whistle which finally eau
tHarriman to look around. He was