New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
YALE CUBS OUTCLASSED
HarUard Four Also Wins after a
.SeeSa7C Raee.
rRv Telegraph 70 The Trit1ne.


New London. Conn. July while the varsity
eight Dared shell race the all absorbing topic
here to-day the Crimson followers and the huge
crowd in general took lively interest in the pre-
limnarv races between the Yale and Harvard fresh
men and varsity fours rowed this morning.
The Harvard four had all the better Of a seesaw
race with the Yale varsity quartet and pretty
easily at the finish by ten seconds. representing
about two boatIengths The Harvard freshmen
rowed the heart out OF their opponents in the first
half mile and won by fourteen lengths or So The
Harvard varsity four. we'll stroked by Sullivan
Sargent. who held similar position in the varsity
last year and until the came here. rowed
well judged race.
Yale cut out the pace ct the start and led by
length the half mile flag. but three-quarters Of
a mile from the start Harvard challenged the Blue
and crept up TO take a lead of a scant length az
the mile Both crews held pace for the
next half mile but Colburn No. in the Yale shell.
who had lost hts beat at the beginning OF the Har
ward suurt never got back in time. and when Hsr
ward drew away again at the mile and half flag
Frost was in trouble. too and had to be splashed
by his coxswain-
The time of the four-oared race. 1913. for Har-
ward and ten seconds worse for Yale. was decid-
edly slow The Harvard freshmen. who were never
pressed at all and could probably have rowed
minute faster. rowed two miles in u:32 while
YaIe's time 1903.
Owing to what looked like inexcusably bad man
agenlent on the part Of the Central Vermont and
New Haven railroads. those the observation
trains saw practically nothing of the fouT-oared
race. The New Haven train was late in starting
from New London. held up the bridge for
ten minutes and never reached the navy yard until
the race was over. Those the Central Vermont
side Jared little better They saw the last half
mile OF the contest
The Harvard freshmen gave convincing evidence
Of the fact that the terrific beatings the Yale
freshmen have been getting from their senior crew
did not mean great Yale strength. They rowed
right away al the start. and led by three lengths
of open water at the half-mile flag The Yale crew
rowing badly, at a comparatively slow
stroke and just after the half mile flag passed
Baker at No. 5. caught crab and threw the
whole boat OF Emmett. at bow, was way of the
stroke also ana Maitland. at No. Z. almost
as bad
Harvard had cut a lead of about
lengths at the mile. and. although Yale spurted
trife and regained few yards in the next half
mile, the Blue eight could not attempt 10
meet the tremendous finishing squirt Of the Har-
ward youngsters in the last half-mile, and was
beaten at the finish by about fourteen lengths of
open water.
The Harvard rowed we'll within itself. and
the stock Of the Crimson varsity went up with
bound The water too good for the
morning A shifty wind chopped up some
thing OF sea, and the freshmen eghts had all
sorts of trouble finding their stakeboats keeping
Mr.. Meikleham waiting nearly fifteen minutes be
fore he could send them off. A shower threat
ening all through this race. but held Off until the
trains got back 10 New London. when few heavy
drops of rain fell the prelude 10 smashing
thunder shower.
The Harvard freshmen gave a fine exhibition.
Following the Harvard tactics. they went out
from the start, rowing thrtyeght strokes TO the
minute the beginning and holding this pace.
with long sweep, for the first half mile in which
the won There was a little nervousness
In evidence at the start. but IL wore of and
by the time the mile reached the crew was
swinging along beautifully at about thirty-four
strokes to the minute.
Newton dropped the stroke still further then
the race being won. but pushed it up again just
before the finish. There great power in the
boat. which went along nicely keel
and without the suspicion OF check.
The Yale youngsters rowed much better after
the first mile. could not hold Harvard. for the
crew went off badly the high beat There
a good deal OF checking in the New Haven boat
at the start but this disappeared in a few
ments and the shell we'll
Every man in the Harvard boat was fresh at the
finish They stopped rowing with the gun and
smashed water on each other. picking up the
stroke again as Yale crossed the finish
lire nearly a minute later. Dilworth the Yale
stroke went down the shell shot under the
bridge but was up again almost at Baker.
at No s. was far from happy. while Stout az Ne
2 was out altogether for nearly minute.