Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-30
Crimson Crew Took Two Decisive
Victories From Youngsters
From New Haven.
FRESHMAN AND VARSITY FOUR
cambridge Men. slight Fa,urite
Had No Trouble In Clearing
The Thames.

Two decisive victories over Yale. The
crimson freshmen oight-oared crew bear
the youngsters from New Haven ry
! three lengths and the Harvard 'yarsIi,
four bettered this Performance a uttle
later by rowing away from Yale i'm
the last eighth mile OF a surprising
race and finishing four lengths ina the
! lead
a quarterlng downstream breeze.
! which rose to eight knots an hour be-
! iore The second taUe began. GU down
| the time ana although botn the winning
| crews were strong Doth races Wen,
The time was: Freshman. oiyb,
| Harvard, ll.jf. Yale. 1870.
| 1878
The weather was excellent for the an
nual contests. The morning daWued
clear ana the sun had an easy task iu
dispensing the lew feecy clouds In the
sky
HARVARD FAVORITE.
While the Crimson had been ruling
iaNorite ION the varsity ana lrcsnnicu
tlgnts, there were some changes IN
sentiment over nish, IN spite of the
taCt that Harvard men were here N tnr
sreater numbers. Harvard went 20
me start tnls morning a slight favor
lie based on veteran material anu Two
successive Welcomes.
Inc morning races had the advantage
of the moving toe which here is very
strong
In the fleet was the United states
steamship Dolphin carrying the fanny
ana guests OF secy Meyer OK the navy
department.
Mr. Meyers son rowcd in the Har-
Nard freshman eignt
Jhe Harvard ana Yale crews had
breakfast and then lounged about the
grounds until IL was ume to call away
the minor crews and 10 take freshmen
Fights ana the varsity fours I'm the
launches for Trip down the river to
the starting point
The Yale varsity four and fresh
men eight were first on the water.
Tney embarked in a tug and steamed
uown the river to start at $40. The
Harvard crews embarked for the start
az 9.55 There were no changes In
any OF the four crews The start OF
the freshmen race was at the bridge.
yard. Both races were two miles up
stream.
The freshman race started at 1916
aud the four Dared race at lI.4l
To a large proportion OF the spec
tators this afternoon a finish OF the
varsity race at the drawbridge will
he a novelty. The start OF the race
Is abreast Of Red Top over towards the
westerly bank. II Is a two-mile pull az
straight as possible down the crooked
part Of the river. At the navy yard
mark OF two miles the shells swing
into a lane which parallels the banks.
but II Is not until the third mile IL
entered that the coXswains get at
straigh tsway 10 the finish line drawn
just above the piers Of the draw bridge
In the second mile the water shall
lows some distance out from the west
bank and ell grass Is abundant. II
the tide be less than flood the crew
which has the westerly course suffers
from the drag on the oars caused by
floating weed. Yale took the west
course for this afternoons race on
account OF the prevailing westerly
wind but the disadvantage Of the
grass Is more apparent than real for
the reason that the course this year
was shifted essterly a trihe. helping
out the crew on the westerly side.
FRESHMAN RACE.
Harvard's weight and stamina told In
the freshman race. Until the last
quarter. the contest promised one of
the most exciting spectacles ever seen
blades would flash a few feet in front,
then the crimson.
Both crews caught the water on the /
signal, rowing a fast but clean stroke /
with little or no splashing until they /
appeared outside the excursion fleet /
Then they encountered the rough water /
kicked up by the quartering northwest I
breeze and the spray began TO fly.
At the half mile. the Harvard shell. !
rowing Is, led a half length but Yale /
raised her stroke TO 20 and drew mp 1
even and FOR the next mile, It was nip
and tuck.
With only a half mile left to go. the
crews were practically on oven terms
s Smoother water favored the nnish and
both coxswains raised the stroke Yale
90 81 and Harvard to 30
Then the New Haven youngsters
showed the FIRST signs OF Weakening.
Slowly the Harvard shell crept ahead
until with only a quarter OF mile Of
me race left, the Cambridge crew
led by half a length.
Then Co make victory sure the Grim
son coNswain called on his men Tor
final squirt The Harvard oarsmcn I
shot bv the firing Yale men as II tho
latter were standing still, ana In the
last few Yards incres sed their lead 20
three lengths and won by that margin.
The time for tho two miles. 1l.5i .
FOR the winners and 1900 for Yaye. was
minutes and ~ seconds slower than
he record Of s42 established by Yale
IN 1908
Both crews finished IN good shape
md the Harvard men showed how /
little wiuded they were by cheering I
Yale within a minute after they I'm
shed.
VARSITY FoUR-OARED RACE
Harvard won the varsity four-oared
ace In oven more sensational manner
'ale caught the water first and dashed
MT nearly a length ahead In the FIRST 80
ards open water showed between I
he beats at the eight mile mark and
emained so until cheers from one Of
he Harvard class boats ncrved the
rimson oarsmen 20 n squirt and they
ipped Yale a quarter OF "a mile further
long Approaching the half mile, Yale
printed and took a lead Of full
myth. then seemed content with the
dNnntage and dropt.ad back to "A long !