The Washington herald., 1909-07-02
STATISTICS OF CREWS.
YALE VARSITY EIGHT.
ht IL pounds
HARVARD VARSITY EIGHT.
So 10 - Washinrton Henld.

SPECIAL TO The Washington Herald.
New London. Conn, July 1.-Harvard's
crews swept the river to-day. beating
Yale by big margins in all there races.
It was what Harvard men call the rub
bcr year with Yale. because since Jim
Wray has been rowing coach al Cam
bridge. Yale has won the university
elght-oared race twice. and so had Har-
ward UP TO about 6:25 o'clock this even
ing.
When the Crimson crew speeded across
the line away up the Thames tonight.
six lengths ahead Of Yale. Harvard men
said:
We'll, we won the rubber, and with
grand slam at that"
Since last Saturday Harvard has clean
ed Up Yale in just six races. outside OF
these three to-day. which OF course are
the races that count. the Crimson were
in front in three other events. for second
crews and graduate oarsmen. which they
say at Harvard ought to do pretty WELL
until next year.
The varsity eight cared race this even
Ing was hummer from the start to
the three mile mark. Yale's men looked
a crew up 10 that point. but It was OBJ
vious just before the three mile mark
was reached that Harvard had only been
playing with the New Havenites They
had their measure perfectly, and when
they wanted 20 they simply ran away
from the Blue. II was a matter Of about
two or three dozen fierce strokes and all
was over
Yale Boat Lacked Power.
The Crimson tipped oars fasl1ed right
away from John Kennedys young men.
and they did not have the power 10 fght
back. Harvard gained two lengths with
Incredible ease right there, and in the
succeeding mile or so added three more
TO IT, Yale had a good enough lot Of
men from all appearances, but they did
not have power They were not as
well taught as Harvard's. either. and
these two things proved their undoing
II would have been a grand race 10
watch but for the consciousness down
deep IN the hearts OF most folks that
Harvard was letting yale stick so close
just because II was not Harvards in
tention TO row the race as Il was rowed
last year, when the Crimson went out
from the start 10 kill Yale off. This
time the Harvard men went out at the
start a little, just enough 20 assure
themselves that they had Yale's meas
TIRE. and from then on they really loafed
IT for two miles and more. and the Blue
by dint Of hard work, gave every ap-
pearance OF being IN the race until Har-
ward wanted 10 win H.
The time OF the race was not fast, even
though the conditions were good What
breeze there was, was with the oarsmen,
and the tide was running strong up
stream But. naturally. with Harvard
making so little effort for pace, the time
was not so good as the best tnat has
been done upstream.
Winning Time Is Slow
Harvard won in q minutes and 50 sec
oHds, with Yale twenty seconds behind.
The record for the race upstream is q
minutes 10 seconds, made by Yale in 1907
In the other two races to-day. those
IN the morning, Harvard won IN the
varsity fours by about two lengths. and
the freshman eight-oared race by about
fifteen lengths, so every one Of them was
by q good, safe margin.
Hsrvards time IN the four-oared race
was 13 minutes a seconds, and Ynles, 13
minutes and p seconds.