The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-01

New London. June S0.-Harvard rowed
Yale down in three splendid boat races
to-day The Crimson repeated its sweep
OF last year. Condition told the tale in
every race, for Yale made a fight Of it
almost the full journey each time, but
was always the weaker when the test
came. II was not by much. though. that
Harvard showed It's superiority in the
varsity eight-oared race, the last OF the
day.
| The Cambridge men were all out to take
the victory, and had Yale had a real
challenge left In her boat, the Blue might
have had the triumph. AS it was. Yale
lost all the way down through the final
mile. and was beaten by four lengths in
2O46lz
II needn't be thought. however. that
Harvard rollicked down that finish
stretch as soon as Yale was shaken of
There was not any merry testing left in
that crimson shell.
| Roger Cutler. the Harvard veteran
stroke oarsman that he is, was more than
little at sea as his she'll ranged across
the line Harvard finished at 80 strokes
to the minute, which is hardly a squirt
and IL needed no oaTsmen text book 10
see that Harvard couldn't have raised a
squirt If she wanted 10 SO much for the
Crimson, and for any idea that 1t was an
easy thing to beat Yale. But the Blue
was In far worse case at the end of the
/ trip, and that is usually the case with a
beaten crew. Ben Wallis. the Yale
stroke. wasn't catching anything but air
the last three strokes he took with his
oar. Just as they were dropping the flag
| for Yale on the finish boat, and he didn Z
even sense that his crew had finished. for
| just at the end his oar fell from his
hands. and he made three or four reaches
with an car OF air.
/ Then he dropped and fell against Fear
| ing. the coxswain. Fearing pushed him
| back and splashed water on him. Wallis
/ fell the other way, and Capt Wodell.
Yale's No. 2. who was tired himself,
| propped up Wallis for a few moments
until he could stand the burden no
/ longer and had to let him drop down.
| When the Yale shell slid under the draw
| bridge Colburn, No. 2. and Buckingham,
\ No. 6. Joined the ranks OF the weary.
and IL was a broken crowd that tried 10
| get into the launch Elihu Yale, that was
waiting for them.
Stroke Wallis couldn't get out by him
/ self, and they had to carry him out He
was put down on the deck of the Elihu
| Yale and covered up with blankets and
/ left lying there. II took a long time
before Wallis got around to feel any
| thing like the young man who had forced
| the crew behind him TO give Harvard
one of the toughest races that have been
| seen in a long time. II was a tough
race, although It did not appear so by
| the disparity at the finish. because of
| the great speed the men got up
| The morning races for the freshmen
! Fights and the varsity fours both were
hummers. In the freshmen race Har-
ward carried the Yale thirteeners of their
feet and made the pace so hot that the
| Blue was nowhere at the finish. Then
| the New Haven men returned the trick,
| or. rather. tried TO- in the contest for
| varsity tours. The Yale four left the
mark so fast and worked so hard for the
| first mile that 1t didn't have an ounce
/ left for the finish The Crimson made up
! Just about six and a half lengths on Yale
| in the last half mile, coming up from
| being half length in the rear 10 be a
| winner by six lengths.