The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Barons Win-FIarvard Beats Yale
Ha1baYd Scores B7illiant Victory;
 Yale Pobertnl Cyelv Is OnfclasSed

New London, Conn.,, July 1-In grand exhibition of rowing by a crew remarkable for it's physical power and endurance, Harvard this evening defeated Yale in their annual varsity boat races on ths Thames. The Crimson crew led from start to finish and won by six boat lengths. Harvard's time was 1:5o Yale's 22:1o.
 By this victory Harvard won her second consecutive boat race from Yale in 2S years. Not since 1880 and 1881 has liar ward 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 1908. Since Wray has been coaching at Cam bridge, Yale and Harvard have met three times and the Crimson has won two races.
 The greatest crowd ever assembled on the Thames here poured into New Lon don today to witness this race. liar wards growing confidence in her boating system brought double and quadruple the number that usually follow the Crimson to the Thames, while Yales determina- ton to win back her glory on the river broght record breaking Yale crowd. The railroads could not furnish enough cars to accommodate all the people who fought and struggled for seats on the observation stands It was estimated that at least 40, 600 people witnessed the spectacle.
 Although Harvard won by handsome margin and administered a crushing de- feat to Yale. the race nevertheless was q hot contest right up to the last half mile. All the way up the river the two eights rowed with almost equal precision and a slip of any kind in either shell would have turned the victory into defeat with in a few seconds
 But there was no break in the Harvard boat. Rowing all the way two strokes and sometimes three strokes to the min ute more than Yale, the Crimson eight crept away from the Blue little by. little. For two and half miles Yale kept with in a scant boats length of her rival.
 Then Harvard put on her power and in- creased her lead first to three lengths, lengths. Yale spurted with her old-time determination, but 1t was in vain.
 The official time was as follows:
 AAui NoA U, hdil iiiiict Is1Os Out lDllt, D.lU, two miles. 1e:45 three miles, 16:10; four miles, 21 :5O.
 Yale, half mile, 2:27; one mile, 5:12; two miles, 10:4S; three miles, 1920; four miles. PHO
 Winning distance, six lengths.
 The stroking of the crews by miles fol- lows:
 Harvard, start, Ss; one mile, S4; two miles, 34; three miles, 35: finish, 36
 Y ale, start 3S; one mile, 31: two miles, 32; three miles, 34; finish. 36.
 The explanation of Yales defeat is not difficult. Harvard with a crew which averaged about six pounds to the man heavier than Yale was able to row right through the race at a gait which aver aged two strokes to the minute faster than Yale's and still get out of this stroke her maximum speed. Comparisons of strokes and scientific discussions of meth ods of rowing will not explain away Yale's defeat. Yale today had men in her shell who proved they were phy- sically capable of rowing a splendid four mile race But they met a Harvard crew of unusual physical power and en- durance
 Incidentally the race demonstrated that Wray is a great coach. Less than two weeks ago and almost on the eve of the race Wray deposed Sargent, a man con sidered great stroke, and put in his place Roger Cutler, whose physical pro- portions caused many grave fears about the wisdom of this change. It was this change. however, which saved the race for Harvard this afternoon. Sargent, rowing In the form in which he had been pacing the Crimson eight, could not have won for Harvard
 By putting Cutler h at No. Wray heightened the Harvard stroke until it was equal to that of Yale's and at the same time retained Harvard's faster gait.
 In the winning Harvard eight were two sets of brothers. Roger Cutler, the liar yard stroke, Is a brother of Eliot Cutler of the Harvard bow, while at No. and No. the two Withingtons of Homo lulu rowed. At No. sat Eliot Bacon, son of ex-Secretary Bacon, whose two brothers had preceded him as Harvard oarsmen, and whose father in his day was also Cambridge oarsman.
 At the Harvard quarters the crew elect ed Jesse Edwin Waid of Denver captain for next year. He rowed at No. in the crew.
 Yale elected as her captain for 1910 Ruthven Adriance Woodell 1910 of Pough- keepsie, N. Y. He rowed No. 8.