Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-01

has produced who has been uniformly
successful in developing giants for an
eight-oared she'll The crew which rep
resented Yale this afternoon was not
made W. of weaklings It averaged
171ss pounds and in the old days
would have been considered big
eight but Wray had crew this after
noon which averaged 179 pounds to the
man. BY this victory Wray has estab-
liShed = new standard of Varsity oars
men, for those races at least. His in
f1uence has made itself felt at Yale
where big men were formerly regard
ed as dangerous in eight-oare shell
races Throughout the past year there
has been a constantly lamentation at
New Haven that there was lack OF
heavy material.
When Yale reached the Thames her
graduates who came to watch the
crews in practice. recalled the fact
that they used to regard such a crew
as Harvard today as dangerously big.
From this Yale received passing
hope that she might win by forcing
Harvard to such a fast race that it
would kill her giants to keep it UP.
Yale tried these tactics and pulled the
highest stroke that any, Yale crew has
rowed in years. Starting at 80 strokes
to the minute. Yale only dropped to
36 at the half mile. Soon after the
half mile flag had been passed, Yale
let her stroke down to "a to the min
ute which was held until near the fin
ish with two exceptions.
At the two-mile flag Wallis spurted
to SO and from the 2a4- to the 81 mile
point where he made his last and best
effort i'm the race, raised his stroke
again to &c. giving the best exhibition
of rowing that Yale put forth in the
entire contest. Just before the finish
Wallis made on more effort, he was
able only to get his stroke UP to 35.
Harvard started at 81 per minute.
dropped to "a at the half mile, then
raised her stroke one point at the mile
when Yale was getting her only sub
stantial lead of the race.
From the mile flag until the two half
| mile flag Harvard held her stroke to a.
At the two half she raised it one point
but soon dropped to "a again, which
rate she held until the three half miles
| had been passed when Stroke Cutler
lifted tho pace gradually until he was
rowing 81 to tho minute when ne
crossed tho finish line.
! From these fgurcs It will be seen
| that Harvard really rowed at lower
stroke on the average than Yale. The
opposite has been true of former mar
ward races.
| The time of the race does not approx
| mate the record made by the Yale ere"
| of 1888. which is 2O1o The reason was
| tho condition of the tide. which was no.
| running strong when the race was start
cd What little wind blew was with the
! crews.
| The conditions, while good. were moi
| fast. and the time of the race indicates
| that both crews possessed more than avt
erage speed.
| Harvard got a trihe the better OF the
| start. but for the first quarter of mile
| the prows of the two shells zigzaGgeh
between the swing of the powerful shout
| ders behind the 16 oars. Finally faie !
| higher stroke pulled the Blues shell
| slightly to the front At the half mile
flag Yale had lead of from Il to IA feet
| Over the second half mile the Ellis grad
| ua1ly increased this until at the mile
| flag they were two-thirds of a length
| ahead Harvards squirt. however. soon
| cut down this lead and at the mile and a
half the crews were on even terms. Then
| Harvard's more powerful stroke began tc
! gradually forge her she'll ahead At the
! two-rnile flag the Crimson was leading
| by third of a length. At the two and a
| half mile point Harvard was hall
| length to the good and the threemile
| flag there was open water between the
! two shells.
| Over the last half mile Harvard liter
| ally rowed away from Yale and added
more than four additional lengths to hel
| lead
| Yales rowing at no time during the
| race was so finished as that of her rival
The Blues time was far from perfect and
her finish was shorter and less effective
than that of Harvard. The Crimson oars
were in the water longer than Yales ant
were much closer down to the stream or