New-York tribune., 1908-06-26
YALE CUBS DEFEATED
H0rU0d Eight Leads All the Uny
an Freshman Race.
lBy telegraph 70 The Trihune !

New London, Conn. June Gas was expected
tho Harvard freshman eight proved itself more
than match for the Yale youngsters in their an
nual two-n1ie roved here to-day and to the
accompaniment of shrieking whistles and Harvard
cheers crossed the line slightly over two lengths
ahead Of the Blue in the fast time Of min
Ss7 Sec. about five seconds slower than the record
Yale made good fight from start to finish and
epurted time and again, but all in The Yale
youngsters were deserving Of more praise because
II vas evident from the start that the Crimson
crew the better.
Harvard won, but, Yale man expressed
II, They knew they had been racing AS the
Harvard coxsWain threw up his hands the signal
to stop rowing. z. S. Eaton, who roved at No s.
fell backward in dead faint. II some little
time before he could revived. r w Cutler
who had stroked his to victory, also seemed
10 be 'aIl in The other members of the crew
were in good condition.
It was pretty sight the two crews flashed
down the lane made by gayly dressed yachts to
the finish. Harvard was pulling steady stroke of
about 30 to the minute. The Yale coxswain meas
ured the distance with his eye, then called for
final spurt- Up went the stroke g. &c. 3S then a
The Yale boat closed on the Crimson and the Eli
rooters rose to their feet, but De c. Sales, the
little Harvard coxswain, was on the lookout for
just such squirt and quickly called his oars
men TO Hit II up Up jumped the Harvard
stroke TO 3s, and Yale's gain was checked
Any sort or kind Of victory Yale is balm
for the followers of Old Johnny Harvard, and loud
were their cheers for their freshman crew. Wray
coach OF the Harvard crews. danced Jig on the
deck Of the Harvard launch and yelled his
gratulations 10 the ''freshies'' through i'm
Taense megaphone. Yale supporters shrugged their
shoulders, Il to say: well, what do care? Il
only appetizer. Wait till the varsity eishts
get together" Nevertheless they felt the defeat.
There little betting this race Yale
men wanted TO L and the Harvard undergraduates
did not fall over themselves in their eagerness TO
snap up bets at such odds. Perhaps the largest
wager on this made by F. z. Oldring and
J 4 Barton. the former betting the latter $50 TO
S4I3 Oh the Harvard eight
The Harvard freshmen caught the water a frac-
ton OF a second before the Yale and got of
In the lead For the first half mile both crews
roxed a high stroke, from IS to A. The Harvard
stroke had more power and better finish and the
Harvard shell soon forged ahead At the first
quarter mile post the Crimson led by half length
and al the half good length and a quarter IN
the lead. At this point both crews dropped their
stroke Yale TO g. Harvard 10 80, but the Crirnson
crew slowly, steadily gained Yale was splasn1ng
considerably at the mile mark but shortly after
ward the Blue oarsrnen pulled themselves together
end roVed in better form ale spurted occasion
av during the next mile, but Harvard always met
these srurts and Try they might, the Blue oars
-nAn were unable TO close up the gap
The time for the race Harvard. min 3s73
sec: Yale min 471a sec.
The crews were boated as follows: