Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-02
Winning Crew Shows Superior to
Rivals in Every Way,
wRAY's JUDGMENT SUSTAINED
Makes Change at Eleventh Hour
Which Brings Victory.
SLOW TINE IN FIRST EVENT
Harvard Takes Morning Races
Freshman Crew Gets Lead and
Holds IL from start 60
Finish.

NEW LONDON, Conn, July LIN
notable exhibition OF rowing by crew,
remarkable for it's physical power and
endurance, Harvard this evening defeated
Yale in their annual varsity boat race on
the Thames. The Crimson's crew led from
start to finish and won by six boat lengths
Harvards time was 1850; Yale's 221o.
BY this victory Harvard won its second
consecutive boat race from Yale in twen-
ty-eight years. Not since 1880 and 1881 has
Harvard won two consecutive races from
Yale. Since 1885 Harvard has won five
varsity races from Yale, including to-
days namely, in 1891 1899, 1906 and 1905
Since Wray has been coaching at Cam-
bridge, Yale and Harvard have met three
times, and the Crimson has won two races.
Enormous Crowd Present.
The greatest crowd that has ever as
sembled here on the Thames poured into
New London today to witness this race.
Harvards growing confidence In its boat
ing system brought double and quadruple
the number that usually follow the Grim
son to the Thames, while Yale's determna-
tion to win back its glory brought a record
breaking Yale crowd.
The railroads could not furnish enough
cars to accommodate all the people who
fought and struggled for seats on the OBJ.
servatlon stands. 1t was estimated tina,
at least 10000 people witnessed the spec
tacle from trains and every other kind OF
vehicle and from a flotilla Of the finest
floating craft that graces American waters.
| Race Always IA Contest.
! Although Harvard won by a handsome
margin, and administered a crushing de-
feat to Yale, the race was nevertheless
| 80 haI 10 ha
way up the river the two eights rowed
with almost equal precision, and a slight
of any kind in either shell would have
turned the victory into defeat within a
few seconds.
But there was TO break In the Harvard
boat. Rowing all the way two strokes,
and sometimes three strokes, to the minute
more than Yale the crimson eight erept
away from the blue little by little. For
two and a half miles Yale kept within
scant boats length of it's rival Then
Harvard put on its power and Increased
It's lead first to three lengths. then to
four lengths, and finally to six lengths
Yale spurted with its oldtime determine
ton, but 1t was in vain.
Two sets of Brothers.
In the winning Harvard eight were two
ward stroke, is brother Of Eliot Cutler
Of the Harvard bow, while at No. and
No. 5 the two Withingtons Of Honolulu
rowed. At No, 4 sat Eliot Bacon, son OF
ex-Secretary Bacon, whose two brothers
had preceded him as Harvard oarsmen, as
had their father. Former Secretary Bacon,
leaning against the rail OF the referee s
launch, The Scout. watched the race with
! he hov
winner. Then he Joined the group OF Har-
ward men who hugged each other in their
joy. on the Mirage, the boat of the re-
gatta committee, which follow ed the race,
was Postmaster General Frank II. Hitch
cock while Secretary of the Navy George
Won l.. Myer saw the contest from the
United States Steamship Dolphin.
Less than a minute after the race was
over the two eights rowed off to their
quarters Yale in the gloom Of defeat,
Harvard amid the noise and glory of vic
tory, to fall into the arms of 800 old
graduates who had tumbled out of the OBJ
servation trains and hurried down to the
Harvard boat house Then followed the
procession of the victors back to New
London. It seemed as though the crimson
flags would never cease to flutter. Old
oarsmen got together amid the excite
ment however, and talked II all over.
At the Harvard quarters the crew elected
Jesse Edwin Wald, 1910, OF Denver, Colo
captain for next year. He rowed at No.
in the crew. He is 20 years old, 9 feet
inches In height and weighs 176 pounds.
Then the oarsmen boarded a yacht and
went to the Fort Griswold house to cele-
brate the victory. They were accompaniSf
by a large number OF friends.
Yale elected as captain for 1910 Ruthven
Adriance Woodel 1910, OF Poughkeepsie,
n. Y. Woodel Is 81 years old, feet /
inch in height and weighs 1T2 pounds.
Record of the Race.
The record OF the race. as kept by the
official timers, was as follows:
Harvard-Half mile, 226; one mile $40;
two miles; lO;i5 three miles 1910; four
YaIe-ialf mile 2:27; one mile, 5;l2 two
miles, 1O:4s; three miles. 1920; four miles,
l2210.
Winning distance. six lengths
The stroklng Of the crews by miles fol-
lows:
Harvard Start %; one mile, q; two
miles. 81! three miles 81 finish s6
S2; three miles, "a; finish, sc.
HarvRrd's Team Heavier.
The explanation of YaIe's defeat is not
difficult Harvard. with n crew which
averaged almost six pounds to the man
heavier than Yale, was able to row right
through the race at a gait which average
two strokes TO the minute faster than
, YaIe's and stu get out OF this stroke its
maximum OF speed.
} ANY crew that can row IN the form that
Harvard or Yale rowed in this evening and
, al tho sama time averaga tu,o stroLas .
minute more than its rival and not exhaust
Its men BY 50 doing is bound 20 win. and
the margin at the finish will be measured
{ only by the physical endurance OF the mer
IN the winning boat
Comparisons OF strokes and scientific dis
cussons OF methods OF rowing will no
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