Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-01

NEW LONDON, June 9O.-Harvard
cleared up the Thames this morning with
two decisive victories over Yale The
crimson freshmen eight-oared crew beat
the youngsters from New Haven by three
lengths and the Harvard varsity four bet
tered this performance a little later by
rowing away from Yale In the last eighth
mile of a surprising race and finishing
four lengths in the lead.
A Quartering downstream breeze which
rose to eight knots an hour before the Sec
ond race began cut down the time, and
although both the winning crews were
strong both races were slow. The time
was
Freshmen eight: Harvard. 11:54; Yale,
1902.
Varsity four: Harvard, 1SO01h; Yale 1918.
The Yale freshmen lost because of inabil-
lty to row in any sort OF form. They
could neither keep time nor hold their boat
on an even keel. Harvard, with supposedly
inferior material, rowed in splendid form.
At the finish, Read and Adams both fell
in a heap in the bottom Of the Yale boat,
but soon recovered.
Superior Weight Tells.
Harvard had practically conceded that
Yale would win the four-oared race. There
fore 1t was no surprise when the Yale
crew jumped away and soon had lead
of three seconds at the half mile, which
increased to five seconds at the mile. But
Just before the crews came into the last
half mile of the race, the Harvard four,
which had been rowing in bad time, be-
gan to profit by their superior weight Over
this last half mile Harvard not only cut
down Yale's lead, but literally jumped away
from Yale entn at the finish tiAivard mad
lead of seventeen and one-half seconds
which measured in boat lengths, means four
good lengths. The Yale four held the
form right up to the finish, but Low at
stroke and Thorne at bow, did not have the
physical strength to put any jump into the
stroke Throughout this race, Harvard
rowed from two to three strokes more to
the minute than Yale. Yale's stroke aver
aged from 80 to 80; Harvard's from 80 to S6.
Harvard Victory Sensational.
Harvard won the varsity fours race in
sensational manner. Yale caught the
water first and dashed out nearly a
length aheao of the first fifty yards. APP
preaching the half mile Yale sprinted and
took a lead Of a full length, then seemed
content with the advantage and dropped
back to a long, easy stroke.
At the three-quarters Harvard again
Tapped Yales shell, but dropped back
again, and Yale was half length ahead
at the mile.
Then came the wonderful squirt that
showed how much the Cambridge men had
been holding in reserve. Gradually Har-
ward raised it's stroke and closed the sap.
In an eighth OF mile they moved up more
than two lengths and at this distance
from home began to leave Yale behind at
every stroke
Harvard finished four lengths ahead in
13:OO1S. Yale's time was 1918
The record for this race is 10:12, made
by Harvard in 1904
The dual victory this morning quickened
Harvard's expectation of winning the uni
versity race this evening.
Freshmen Race Exciting.
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 on the Thames. First
the Blue oar blades would flash a few
feet in 'front.' then the Crimson.
Both crews caught the water on the sig
nal rowing fast but clean stroke with
little or no splashing until they appeared
outside the excursion fleet. Then they en-
countered the rough water kicked up by the
quartering northwest breeze and the spray
| began to fly.
! At the half mile the Harvard shell, row.
ing 2S, led a halt length, out Yale raised
/ it's stroke to 30 and drew up oven and
for the next mile it was nip and tuck.
| With only a half mile left to go the
crews were practically on ever terms.
| Smoother water favored the finish and both
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