The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-30
TWOFOR HARVARD
Yale Loses Freshmen and Four
Dared Varsity.
Crimson the Ruling FaVorite
at the Water Side.
VETERAN MATERIAL
And Two Successive Victories
to Its Credit.
Secretary Meyer an Interested
Spectator of the Races.

WIN TWO decisive victories over Yale
The crimson freshman eight cared
crew beat the youngsters from New
Haven by three lengths and the Har-
ward varsity four bettered this per-
formance a little later by rowing
away from Yale in the last eighth
mile of surprising race and finishing
four lengths in the lead.
A quartering downstream breeze
which rose to eight knots an hour be-
fore the second race began cut down
the time and although both the win
ming crews were strong both races
were slow. The time was:
Freshman eight: Harvard, 11:54;
Yale, 1902.
Varsity four: Harvard, 1S:OOM;
The Yale freshmen lost because of
inability to row in form. They could
neither keep time nor hold their boat
on an even keel. Harvard, with sup
posedly inferior material. rowed in
splendid form. At the finish Read and
Adams both fell in a heap in the bot
tom of the Yale boat but soon recov-
cred. Yale on the east course had
much the worst water over the first
half mile. Harvard was in the lea
of a long line of yachts.
Harvard had practically conceded
that Yale would win the four cared
race. Therefore it was no surprise
when the Yale crew jumped away and
soon had a 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, began 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 until at the
finish Harvard had a lead of II "a sec
onds which, measured in boat lengths.
means four good lengths. Throughout
this race Harvard roWed from two
to three strokes more to the minute
than Yale. Yale's stroke averaged
from 80 to SO; Harvard's from S3
to SO.
In the freshmen race the strokes
averaged about the same. At the
finish Harvard was rowing 40 to
Yale's SO.
The dual victory this morning quick
ened Harvard's expectation of winning
their varsity race this evening and
repeating last years record of a clean
sweep. If the breeze continues strong,
as the outlook indicated early this
afternoon, it may be necessary to put
the principal race late to await smooth
water.
Crowd Was Out Early.
New London, June 3O.-Three hard
races for the crews and scorching
for the spectators were the early
morning predictions for race day on
dawned clear and the sun had an
easy task of dispensing the few f1eecy
clouds in the sky.
The Harvard and Yale crews had
breakfast and then lounged about the
grounds until it was time to call away
the minor crews and to take freshmen
eights and the varsity fours in the
launches for trip down the river to
the starting point.
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The thousands who see it are beyond
count and the scene stretching away
for four miles is gorgeous with life
and color.
The morning races with the fresh
men eights, starting at the draw
bridge and rowing two miles up
stream, finishing at the navy yard;
and the varsity fours. starting at the
navy yard and completing the two
miles abreast of Red Top 1t is a
straightaway pull of two miles for the
freshmen and practically the same
for the fours.
To a large proportion of the spec
tators today a finish of the varsity
race at the drawbridge is a novelty.
The course of the eights recalls Pres
ident Hadley's words at the recent
alumni dinner at New Haven when he
said:
''Bin Taft of '7S is in the eel grass
on the second mile Of the course and
he added:
yale has won manJ victories in the
third and fourth mile after getting out
of the eel grass"
The Starting Point.
To Yale and Harvard crews the
smile is an APP one. The start of the
race is abreast of Red Top over to-
wards the westerly bank. 1t is two
mile pull as straight as possible down
the crooked part of the river. At the
navy yard mark of two miles the shells
swing into a lane which parallels the
banks, but it is not until the third mile
Is entered that the coXswains get at
straight away to the finish line drawn
just above the piers of the drawbridge.
In the second mile the water shall
lows some distance out from the bank
and eel grass is abundant If the tide
be less than flood the crew which has
the westerly course suffers from the
drag on the oars caused by floating
weed Yale took the west course for
this afternoons race on account of the
prevailing westerly wind, but the dis
advantage of eel grass is more appar-
ent than real for the reason that the
course this year was shifted easterly
trife. helping out the crew on the
westerly side.
While the Crimson has been ruling
favorite for the varsity and freshmen
eights, there were some changes in
sentiment over night, in spite of the
fact that Harvard men were here in
the greater numbers. Harvard went
to the start this morning a slight
favorite, based on veteran material
and two successive victories.
The morning races had the advan-
tage of the flowing tide, which here is
very strong.
In the fleet was the United States
steamship Dolphin. carrying the fam