The Washington times., 1908-06-25

NEW LONDON. Conn. June %
Amid the cheers and shouts CT thou
sands Of admirers OF the Crimson auc
Blue. Yale ana Harvard divided honors
I IN the smaller events OF the annual
regatta on the Thames course this
morning, the Sons OF Eli winning the
varsity foUr-Oar event by q fun length.
while The Hazard freshman had little
trouble IN taking the eight-Oar dasn.
Il was predicted that Harvard VFOuIc
win the freshman contest. and when
the Crimson lads crossed the line their
opponents were r7o and a hall lengths
behind The Harvard boys caught tar
water handily AZ the go. and pulIec
away from the Yale men with little
apparent effort
The official time Of the four-oara4 race
was Yale l0-521z; Harvard. 1O-45ss
- - ol--s-el -.fI me oL Jne freshman race
"@S- 1eIN Nard- 800 yale, g.4.1z-
In the foUr-oared race the Blue shot
oFer TIE line by a length The crew
was tired 50 vas Harvard for that
matter The bodies Of the men. burned
PINK oy hard travelling beneath the
screening sun were crius0ned with
them and they glistened ike jeIiyfsh.
Hazard Takes Lead
Harvard took the lead with a fine
start and held that position for mile
Yale made no attempt 10 catch her BY a
spUrt- The BiUe pulled strong. bending
Ike clock set 70 run a certain speed.
~ the half. Yale pulled up. Har-
ward stroke urged the men 10 a grea-.
er speed.
II. was the law OF The past that Eli
won when once in the lead At one ana
o2e-haIf miles the Blue drew ahead an
inch az time The Crimson men held
their own admirably
In the Harvard freshmen race It was
strength that cOUnIed-SrreuEth OF mus
Gle OF lungs There was no handicau
by a balance of grit in favor OF one
or the other OF the crews when once
in the lead
The relentless gain struck at the
heart or the Crimson men
Crimson Leads Again
As in the four-oared race. the Crimson
led from the start. Several times
Yale spurted. but they fell back There
was no jockeying-it was pure racing.
exhsustinz the last drop n the well Of
brsvn-
At the mile. and half the distance.
Harvard was tn the lead BY a length.
Yale had stopped its sPur-ing and was
trying to conJUre just a littIe more POW
er OF muscle into a steady stroke
Near che finish q quarter from the
Inc. CcNwaln Fearing besan 20 vel
for . quickened stroke lis men re-
SCCnCed as best they could but they
could not close the gap CoXswain FaIeS.
Of Harvard. was not in the least fur
rled by these attempts 10 catch him
STEADY boys was his only instruc-
tions. and his men were Stea6y-iike the
7valkingbeam on the steamship n this
manner they shot over the line
As Vale crossed Tho mon =-or-e1
= it,
water from the stream over each others
shoulders a0i after a brcat thing spell n
= half minute they eSSayed thei~ veil.
Il was l1nentahiy weak and could not
. he heard on shore
Harvard Cheers Victory.
Harvard went down stream and
Cheered In triumph. The cannon roores.
nass dropped. and cheer responded
from the spectators from the Yachts
md other pleasure craft
There was a noticeable lack Of en-
thusiasm on shore his may have re-
suited from The 6if7c-I -Ity N Identifying
the v5ctors.
Yale was rather uns- titled in the shell
The -coxswain feared this very same
thing Il had evidenced itself during
made was lost through this reason
Added to this the water was chop7v
and a nasty SVEN poured IN from The
sound This condition had 70 be me-
BY both crews alike. The shells were
affected in the same manner The men
weighting them 20 the same depth
On the showing Of the Harvard fresh
men, the spectators Immediately after
the race. began Specializing upon the
varsity race
Many held that the freshmen iu,i-
tateG he style OF the varsity crew
and or this assumption they ngure the
I Crimson .has @ good chance.
Crews Evenly Matched.
Not in years have the two crews an
peared so evenly matched Yal, uaa
have been holding out for even r.o7ev
but today falling TO set this. and ths;r
confidence in Yale becoming stronzer
they were Offering as long odSs IS 10
TO :. and finding plenty % takers in
the Harvard contingent II IS estsu1ar-
ed that $500 viii change hands To-
night after the winner has been an
nOunced- Ideal weather conditions pre-
vail, a slight haze preventing discomfort
from the sun, and a spanking down
course breeze. which for time threat
ened 10 cause postponement OF the