New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-01
Blue Crew Loses Apparently
Safe Lead in Last Quarter.
by Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

New London. Conn. June 30.-Having
tasted victory in the freshman race, the
Crimson went after the race for varsity
fours with stern determination and succeed
ed in wrestling the contest from Yale after
a chase which lasted for a mile and a
half and ended when the men in the Blue
boat suddenly went TO pieces Harvard
romped across the line, the winner by
nearly seven lengths
In the interim between the finish of the
freshman race and the scheduled start of
the tours the breeze freshened and the
water conditions became mono of the best.
The start was further delayed when tbs
regatta committees yacht, the Arrow,
foued one of the stake boats and a small
boat ran into the Judges boat at the
upper end of the course. Strengthening out
these difficulties took only few minutes,
however. and the race was started almost
on time
Yale was not caught mapping at the start
this time but Jumped into a cOmforta bic
lead within a hundred yards. The Harvard
crew did not get together Immediately. The
Blue, on the other hand, was putting every
, ounce of its strength in every stroke, and
although the. crew seemed to be rowing
raggedly each man got his oar in on time
and pulled it through with the utmost of
power The rough water of the first few
hundred Yards made both crews splash con-
siderably, although neither shipped much
water.
At the half mile mark Yale was a full
length ahead of Harvard Her time at
this point was 2 minutes 81 seconds and
Harvard's three seconds slower. The Yale
crew seemed to be rowing letter than it
knew how; at any rate, the men put more
power into their strokes than Harvard, al
though their form was decidedly poor.
Stroke after stroke they swept along.
gaining all the time on the Harvard four.
which gradually dropped back until il was
two lengths behind at the nile mark. Each
crew was rowing thrty-twO strokes to the
minute. AT the mile mark Yale had in
creased its lead from three seconds 10
five seconds the Blues time being min
utes IA seconds.
Just before the mile and half mark was
reached there were signs of distress in the
Yale boat and the shell seemed TO take on
added weight. There was a slight dropping
back and the Harvard crowds went Wild as
the Crimson crept up tritie The Har-
ward shell began to creep slowly but sure
ly up. Yale was still rowing her high
stroke. but none of the power of the early
cart OF the race was getting into the oars
and Harvard literally began to jump ahead.
Yale was still two lengths ahead at the
mile and half mark. but the crew had
rowed itself out. A few more strokes and
the Crimson bow was even with the Yale
rudder Then the boats We're bow to bow
Another few strokes and Harvard was in
the lead. The race for the. last quarter OF
a mile was a procession. The Yale crew
rowed completely out. was merely golng
through the motions of pulling. while IIar-
ward, fresh and strong in comparison. was
rowing a high stroke and shooting through
the water at express speed over six
lengths separated the crews at the finish
The men in the Blue shell were IN great
physical distress at the end.