Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
TWO DECISIVE VICTORIES
Big Event Won From Blue by Four
Lengths.
TIME SLOW IN BOTH EVENTS
Crimson Easy Victor in Minor
Event, Leading Almost From
the Start.

NEW LONDON. Conn. June Collar
ward cleared up the Thames this morn
ing with one of the most decisive vtcto-
ries that ever marked the opening Of her
annual rowing regatta with Yale.
The Crimson freshman eight-oared crew
beat the youngsters from New Haven by
three lengths. {.
The Harvard varsity four bettered this
performance a little later by rowing
away from Yale in the last eight miles
of a surprising race, finishing four
lengths in the lead.
A quartering downstream breeze rose
to eight knots an hour before the second
race began and cut down the time. AL
though both the winning crews were
strong, both races were slow.
The Time of the Races.
The time was:
Freshman eight-Harvard, 1154; Yale,
1902.
Varsity four-Harvard. 13.ooh: Yale,
1918.
The times for the half miles were:
Freshman eight-Harvard-Half mile,
$50: one mile. 5.5S: mile and a half, 9O1.
Yale-Half mile. 253; one mile, sol; mile
and half. 9.O2.
Four oar-Harvard-Half mile, 2.57; one
mile. 6.19; mile and a half, 9.37. Yale
Half mile, 2.JO; one mile, GA: mile and
half, 9.33.
The varsity eights will ivW their race
late this afternoon.
Harvard Wins Freshman Race.
Harvards weight and stamina told in
the freshman race. Until the last quar-
ter the contest promised one of the most
exciting spectacies ever seen on the
Thames. First the blue oar blades would
flash few feet In front, then the GRIM
son.
Both crews caught the water on the
signal, rowing. 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 breeze
and the spray began to- fly.
At the half mile the Harvard she'll
rowing 2S led a half length. Yale raised
her stroke to 80 and drew up even. For
Both Crews Raise Stroke.
With only half mile left to 90, the
crews were practically on even terms.
Smoother water favored the finish, and
both coxswains raised the stroke, Yale
to 81 and Harvard to 30
youngsters
showed the first signs of weakening.
Slowly the Harvard shell crept ahead
until. with only quarter mile left of
the race, the Cambridge crew led by half
a length.
Then, to make victory sure the Grim
son cOxswain called on his men for q
final squirt. The Harvard oarsmen shot
by the tiring Yale men as If the latter
were standing still. In the last few
yards Harvard increased its lead to three
hYyt hot
The time for the two miles IL 54L for
the winner and 1902 for Yale. was two
minutes and eleven seconds slower than
the record of 9.43 established by Yale in
1853.
Both crews finished in good shape.
The Harvard men showed how little
Wlnded they were by cheering Yale
within minute after they finished.
Varsity Four Also Harvard's Race.
Harvard won the varsity four race
in even more sensational manner Yale
caught the water first and dashed out
nearly length ahead in the fifty yards.
Open water showed between the boats
at the -ofa-miIe mark, and re-
mained until cheers from one Of the Har-
ward class boats nerved the Crimson oars
men to squirt. They Tapped Yale a
quarter Of mile further along.
Approaching the half-mile Yale
d
length. They seemed content with
the advantage, and dropped back to a
long. easy stroke.
Yale Put Up Best Race.
At the three-quarters Harvard again
Tapped Yale's shell, but dropped back
again. Ya,e was half a length ahead
at the mile. Both crews were rowing
strongly. with little or no splashing
The Blue oarsmen were putting I'D the
better race. When their opponents began
splashing in the rough water, near the
mile-and-a-half flag, they increased their
lead to lengt!: and a half.
Then came the wonderful squirt that
showed how much the Cambridge men
had been holding in reserve. Gradually
Harvard raised her stroke and closed the
gap.
In an eighth of a mile they moved UP
more than two lengths. At this distance
from home they began to leave Yale be-
hind at every stroke.
Harvard finished four lengths ahead in
13 OOh. Yales time was 13:lS. The rec
ord for this race is 1912. made by Har-
ward in 1904.