The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-01
SONS OF HARVARD
WIN THREE RACES
10000 Persons Witness Thrilling
Contests on the
& Thames.
BLUE NO MATCH FOR CRIMSON
Time in Varsity Eight-oarcd
Race Best Since
~ 1903.
BLUE NO MATCH FOR CRIMSON

New London, Conn., June 30--The
setting sun sun could not tinge the wa. waters
deeper crimson than they had been
dyed by the victories OF three Har-
ward crews: On the broad four mile
stretch between this city and Gales
Ferry Harvard met Yale to-day. In
their 44th annual rowing regatta. Five
lengths was Harvard's margin of sue
three lengths in the Freshman eight,
and four lengths in the Varsity four.
The freshmen four race won by Yale
Wednesday evening was the one sweet
Ii is estimated that sixty thousand
persons saw the final race. and that
forty thousand Of them were from
out of town This multitude saw
the waters of the Thames.
Here is the time of the races:
Varsity eght-Harvard. 2o:491-2;
varsity four-Harvard' 1a;oo1-s;
Freshman eight-Harvard, 1884 LIZ;
The Varsity four and Freshman
eight Dared race at two miles, We're
rowed up stream this morning. The
Varsity Fights raced four miles down
stream this afternoon. III
Ideal Water Conditions.
A quartering northwest breeze that
roughened the river and blew in the
faces of the crews caused slow time
of the day was rowed on water ideally
smooth, and the time was the fast
est in any downstream race. on the
Thames since 1903. when victorious
Yale crew covered the four miles IN
90 minutes 10 rs seconds
Yale IS holds the record for the
course. 2e:lo. The victory i.A2I, OF tn, the
Crimson in the biz yaTsi' Va, rage Ser vas
past ten days had been rated rather
more dangerous than 1t proved.
The Ellis held on to the Crimson I'D
to the last half-mile. Then the supe-
rior physical power in the Cambridge
boat settled the contest. Harvard's
big eight averaged seven pounds per
man heavier than Yale's. and one inch
taller.
The big race was another demon
stration of the cleverness OF Jim Wray.
the Harvard coach. in turning out fast
which represented Yale this afternoon
averaged III 5-S pounds, But Wray
had crew which averaged 17s pounds
to the man.
Yale Sets Fast Pace.
Yale tried to kill off Harvard to-
day by setting a fast pace, and pulled
the highest stroke that any Yale crew
has rowed in years. Starting at thirty
dropped to thirty-siX at the half-mile.
Soon after the half-mile flag had been
passed, Yale let her stroke down to
thirty-four to the minute. which was
exceptions. At the two-mile flag Wal.
lace spurted 30 thirty-six, and from
the two and three -qssarter to the three
and a quarter mile point. where he
made his last and best effort of the
race, he raised his stroke again to thr-
ty-siX, and gave the best exhibition Of
rowing that Yale put forth in the
entire contest.
minute. dropped to thirtyfour at the
half mile, then raised her stroke one
point at the mile. when Yale was get
Ting her only substantial lead of tho
race. From the mile flag, until the
two and a half flag, Harvard held her
stroke at thirty-four. At the two and
a half she raised it one point. but
soon dropped TO thirty$four again.
which rate she held until the three
and a half miles had been passed, when
Stroke Cutler lifted the pace gradually
until he was rowing thirty-seven to
the minute, when he crossed the finish
line.
From these figures it will be seen
that Harvard really rowed lower
stroke on the average than Yale. The
very opposite has been true of former
start, but soon Yale's stroke pulled
the Blue shell slightly to the front,
and at the half mile Yale led by from
twelve to fourteen feet, and at the
mile by two-thirds of a length. Har-
wards squirt, however, soon cut down
this lead, ana at the lnl!e ana nalI
the crews were even. Then Har-
wards more powerful stroke began e
the two mile flag the Crimson was
leading by third of length. at the
TWO and half mile by half length
and at the three mile flag there was
open water between the two shells
Over the last mile Harvard literally
rowed away from Yale and added more
than four lengths more to her lead
Yale's rowing at no time was so finish
ed as that OF Harvard's.
Prominent Persons Present.
Among those who witnessed the
race Were Robert Bacon. United
States Ambassador to France. whose
son, E. c. Bacon, pulled No, In the
Crimson shell; Secretary of the Treas
ury Macyeagh and Secretary of the
Navy George Won l.. Meyer, who had
a son in the winning Harvard Fresh,
man eight,
Roger Cutler. 1911. Of Brookline
Mass, stroke in to-day's Varsity, was
slected captain of the Harvard crew
for next year,
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