The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-02
ALL THREE RACES
WON BY HARVARD
OARSMEN
Crimson Varsity Eight Leads
Yale Six Lengths
IN LEAD ALL The WAY
Largest Crowd Ever Gathered on
Thames Witnesses Signal
Defeat of Ellis

New London. July 2.-In grand
exhibition of rowing by a crew re-
markable for its physical power and
endurance. Harvard last evening de-
! feated Yale in the annual varsity boat
/ race on the Thames. The crimsons
led from start to finish and won by
six lengths. Haryard's time was 81.
so; Yale's 22:10. BY this victory
Harvard won her second consecutive
boat race from Yale in 20 years.
The greatest crowd that has ever
| assembled on the Thames poured in
TO New London today to witness the
race. The railroads could not furnish
enough cars to accommodate all the
people who desired seats on the OBJ
servation trains. 1t was estimated
that at least 10000 spectators wit
messed the race.
Although Harvard won by hand
some margin and administered a
crushing defeat to Yale, the race new
, eieheless, was contest right up to
the last half mile. All the way up
the river the two Fights rowed with
almost equal precision, though the
crimson made two strokes and some
times three to the minute more than
Yale. Harvard thus crept away from
Yale. little by little. For two and a
half miles Yale kept within scant
boat length of her Cambridge rival
Then Harvard put on her power and
| increased her lead first to three
| lengths, then to four lengths and f.
nally to five and six lengths. Yale
spurted with her old time determine
| ton but il was I'm vain.
The explanation of Yale's defeat is
not difficult Harvard with a crew
that averaged almost six pounds to
the man heavier than Yale was I'm
able to row right through the race at
gait that averaged two strokes to
| the minute faster than Yale and still
get out of this stroke her maximum
OF speed. Comparisons of strokes and
scientific discussions of methods Of
rowing will not explain away Yales
defeat. Yale had men in her shell
wno proved that they were physically
capable of rowing a splendid four
mile race. But they met Harvard
crew of unusual power and endur-
snce.
The difference between the two
crews was physical and not scienti-
| fc. The race demonstrated that
Wray is a great coach. Less than
two weeks ago he deposed Sargent, a
man considered to be a great stroke,
and put in his place Roger Cutler,
whose physical proportions caused
many to have grave fears about the
wisdom of the change. Cutler now
ever, heightened out the Harvard
stroke until 1t was equal to that OF
Yale and at the same time he retain
ed Hazards faster gait.
The race was rowed up stream
with the tide. The win, which was
| light and fluffy was blowing from the
west almost straight across tne
stream but quartering slightly with
the crews. The time was 40 seconds
slower than the record for an up
stream race.
Harvard won the four Dared race
from Yale by three and one-half
lengths and the freshmen eight Dared
race by about 10 lengths.
Hazard won both events easily.
Yale took the lead in the four Dared
contest but Harvard overcame it be-
fore the first mile was covered and
kept it. Harvard led practically from
the start in the freshman race.
The official time was: Four Dared
Harvard 1914; Yale 1928.
Freshman race, Harvard 11:24;
Yala 1909