New-York tribune., 1909-07-02

threat OF rain to worry those in the trains they
pulled out two masses of contrasting crimson and
blue the sun never got the better Of the clouds
after the shower and gray skies ruled for the
race It warm and suItry, but the breeze tenn
pered the heat and It not hot enough 70 make
for exhaustion anyway.
Billy Meikleham. Columbia 'ss. the referee. read
both captains lecture on promptness last night,
and so, for a wonder. both eights in their
shells a quarter Of an hour before the time for
startng-6 o'clock. They padded down easily
and Yale made perfect connections with its stake
boat but had to wait few minutes for Harvard
which got moro OF the current and had quite a
little trouble getting set Mr.. Meikeham got them
lined up finally. however and didn't waste min
ute, shooting them away at .0S .05.
Yale caught the water first and spashed away
to make lead of dozen feet in the first boat
length Harvard was shade slower on the start
but made UP for It by catching Cutters stroke ir
the hrst five sweeps. while Fearing the Yale
coxswain yelling at his for half minute
before they settled down behind Wallis. Here
there was tho least suspicion OF a break right
away. Van Blarcum. No for Yale. seemed
unable to catch the stroke and although he I'M
proved after the start, he did not make a good inn
preston at any time. The Harvard shell ran
smoothly and beautifully from the start The long
drive there and every inch OF power that
in the shell went into every stroke.
There waa not the slightest suggestion OF hang
check. while in the Yale she'll the other hand.
power wasted in check every time The
great weight IN The waist Of the Yale shell seemed
be badly applied. NJ that. the Yale men Towed
well and as they had been taught 20 do. ap-
parently. They simply didn't have what Harvard
had-the strength and power OF sustained effort.
Although Yale caught tire water first at the
start. Harvard not far away. The two crews
stormed along the first half mile with Harvard
just nosing away. and a the half-me hag. reached
in 2:26 by Harvard and second later by Yale,
Bagden. the Harvard coxswaIn, was level with
the struggling Van Blarcum Yale was splashng
here and Van Blarcum behind his crew, which
was already showing the vicious check it never
got away from all through the race.
Yale took thirty-eight strokes In the first min
ute. Harvard one more. Despite the check Yale
seemed 10 get more out OF its stroke than Harvard
in the first half mile, and while Harvard stayed at
thirty-four and Yale had dropped 10 thrty-one.
the flags Were reached the Crimson had gained
little. Yale tried to get that little back they
PASSED the haRs. but Harvard met the challenge
and was nearly half length ahead in a dozen
strokes.
Up shot the Yale stroke in a moment thirty
six and most of the distance was recovered. Van
Blarcum couldn't hold the pace. however. and
Harvard. staying at thlrty-four and rowing like
machine half a length ahead still the
mile. Yale having dropped TO thirty-one again.
Harvard never varied the stroke in the next half
mile. The crew was piece of clockwork 1t
swept along, the stroke getting, perhaps, a trife
longer and fuller Cutler settled into his work.
Yale sent It a notch higher Fearing called on
Wallis hold the Harvard she'll slowly but surely
drawing away, but the effort vain, and the
longer, higher stroke began TO tell. mile and a
half from the start the Crimson shell led by three
quarters Of length.
Paul Wilmington. rowing at No. 6 for Harvard.
was in trouble for a moment in the next half mile
as It seemed from the shore. and for few strokes
Yale gained. But the machine working again
as the shells shot by the navy yard and Harvard
still ri of 81 IN
Yale was hanging doggedly here. but Harvard
looked a winner for the eight rowing in far
better form. Despite the check. despite the trou-
bles Of Van Blarcum and Baker. VINO was losing
the beat now in while. the Crimson could
not shake the pursuing Yale eight off, IT seemed
Yale was still In the race. nightly So and Harvard
men who ren9embered previous races in which the
Crimson had held feeting advantage. wondered
If this was be a repetition
As IL to justify their fears a Yale squirt came.
Up shot the stroke to 81 the best Harvard had
held from Tie start, and Yale began 10 gain. Both
trains were a mass of waving blue In an instant
Out crashed the Yale cheer. defiant, hystercal and
crazy with renewed hope If that can be renewed
that has not been lost. But IL not to be
Harvard had the reserve strength. The stroke
was moved up to 36. and the Crimson after losing
nearly a quarter of a length in the first quarter
of the third mile, got il all back and swung out to
make the race a procession.
How those Crimson banners buried the blue
Sweep after sweep sent the Harvard eight away
as the three-mile mark drew near, and in a mo-
ment open waite" showed between the shells for the
first time Yale battled valianty. stayed In the
fight 10 the fnish and spurted wonderfully as the
last mile began. But there no holding those
confident victorious oarsmen in the Harvard shell
seasoned with former triumphs. Further and
further they sho, away, and ever that space OF
dancing open water grew wider Down the lane
of yachts they shot and crossed the line amid n
deafening din. hvs lengths in front, the second
Harvard crew in twenty-eight years TO follow up
victory in a previous year by an equally glorious
triumph.
The times of the two eights at the fractional
distances follow.