The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-02
Rhythmic Dip of Haruord,s Crimson
Blades Leaues YaLes Blue Far Behind

grave fears about the wisdom of this
chanSe. II was this change, however,
W0lch saved the race for Harvard.
Sargent rowing in the form in which
ne had been pacing. the crimson eight
could not have won for Harvard this
afternoon.
BY putting Cutler in at stroke Wray
heightened the Harvard stroke until it
was equal TO that of Yale's and at the
same time retained Harvard's faster
gait.
The race was rowed upstream with
the tide.
PROMINENT MEN PRESENT
In the winning Harvard eight were
two sets of brothers. Roger Cutler.
the Harvard stroke, is a brother of
Eliot Cutler of the Harvard bow, while
OF Honolulu rowed. At No. sat Eliot
Bacon, son Of former Secretary Bacon,
whose two brothers had preceded him
as Harvard oarsmen, as had their
father. Former Secretary Bacon, lean
ing against the rail of the referee s
launch, the EX-Scout, watched the race
with anxious interest until he saw his
boy winner. On the Mirage was Post
rotary OF the Navy George Won l..
Meyer saw the contest from the l.. S.
s. Dolphin.
It was Just nine minutes after s
O'Clock when the crack of Referee
Meikieham's pistol started the crews in
the race. Both crews got away in fine
form, Harvard rowing at 80 strokes TO
the minute, Yale at So.
After the racing start the blue crew
settled down TO 80 strokes to the min
ute and Harvard dropped to So.
At the half mile flag Yale had let
her stroke down to 81, but Harvard
had dropped only to "a to the minute.
over this half mile the struggle was
practically an even one up to within
a few lengths of the flag, when Har-
ward began 10 push the nose of her
shell TO the front. At the flag Har-
yard had lead OF just one second.
On the second half mile Harvard in
creased her lead by just one more sec
ond, reaching the mile flag two-thirds
/ Of a length ahead of Yale. Harvard
was still rowing "a strokes TO the
minute: while Yale was back TO 81
On the third half mile the crimson
oarsmen, holding a steady 81. gained
another second, and at the mile and a
half flag they had lead of practically
boat length On the fourth half mile
there was no change in the position of
/ the shells nor in the number of strokes
rowed by either crew.
FAIL To CATCH CRIMSON
Just beyond the two mile flag off
the navy yard Yale made her first de-
termined effort TO cut down. Harvard s
! lead. Wallis the Els stroke. raised
I his gait TO "a strokes to the minute
and for q few lengths it looked as
( the Cambridge boat But Roger Cut
Ter also had something in reserve and
also raised his stroke two points.
Harvard passed the two and a half
mile flag still leading Yale by three
/ seconds. Yale was compelled to drop
her stroke back to 80, but Harvard was
strong enough TO keep hers at SO.
This was the crucial point in the
race. 1t was on this sixth half mile
that the crimson first really got away
! from Yale. At the three mile flag
Harvard had a lead of 10 seconds,
which, measured out on the river, was
three boat lengths.
At the three and. a half mile flag
Harvard was leading by Il seconds,
having Increased. her lead by four sec
onds on this half mile.
The Yale men were still rowing well
together and had enough fight left1 in
/ them 10 put their stroke up TO SO.
Harvard raised hers to the same rate
and crossed the line 90 seconds ahead
! OF Yale, leading by practically six
the race was over The two Fights
ro~ed. off to their quarters, Yale in the
gloom of defeat Harvard amid the
noise and glory OF victory to fall into
the arms of 800 old graduates who
| had tumbled out of the observation
trains. There was no criticism OF
either crew, with the possible excep-
ton Of Dixon Won Blarcom. Yale's No.
Z. Once in the race he was noticeably
behind in his stroke. AS the race
progressed he got into better time and