The Washington herald., 1911-07-01
HARVARD EASILY
DEFEATS YALE
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was a hopeless one, but II was no time
to show a lack Of confidence. for Yale's
sons were there to cheer the crew on.
regardless of the bold prejudices OF the
Harvard soothsayers. The referees boat
drifted down behind the crews Just then
and silence reigned while the rival cap
tains announced that they were ready.
At $50 o'clock, to the second, the gun
was fred. and up went a mighty roar
from the spectators.
For a moment sixteen oars splashed
the water so high In the air that It
Ting down in jiffy, the Harvard crew
began pulling a IS stroke. Yale responded
with 3S for so yards. The bows Of the
shells cleaved the wavelets as II con-
nected by a wire. Then the Crimson
boat began to show in front The Yale
coxswain shrieked fruitless orders to his
men and they increased the stroke to 40.
Again the oars Of both crews sent up
showers Of spray. indicative Of over
anxiety, desire to take the leadership
Down to the one-mile-and-a-half mark
Harvard's shell hurried, although the
stroke had been lowered to %. At that
point the Crimson eight was timed in
S:31, Yale reaching the stake Just 20 Sec
onds later, q distance of five lengths.
Look at the flying machine" cried
hundreds just then, and, with whirring
propellers, Atwood's biplane came sweep
ing into view. He was about 500 feet
above the surface Of the river, and for
a moment the spectators forgot all about
the race. The aviator circled over the
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again and again, and at times sweeping
down so that he could look squarely into
the competing shells. Like a huge bird
he fiew back and forth, while men and
women gazed at him in open wonder.
This excitement over, glance at the
crews found Harvard leading by four
lengths directly opposite the navy yard.
When two miles had been completed in
11:s1 Yale's time was 1:H and the New
Haven shell was so sadly outclassed that
somebody was cruel enough to say that
the Yale freshmen who were in the NOR
ming crew had made a harder fight.
Atwood swooped down just then and
passed over the Cambridge shell at re-
duced speed. The next moment he
turned on the power and tried to collide
with a cloudlet. The cheering had be-
come desultory, end as the crews drew
near the two anG one-hah mile mark
Harvard seemed to be coming UP. The
time Of the Crimson crew at that mark
was 400 with Yale nearly eight lengths
IN the rear.
Harvard's supremacy was realized by
those on the float as the crew swung
down to the three and one-half mile
flags. Then Crimson banners fiuttered
and Harvard cheers roared from thou
sands Of throats. Harvard's time for
that distance was 1852 and Yale's 2o:1.
a difference Of twelve lengths.
While the crews were resting the BIZ
plane swept around in a wide circle over
the bridge and then made.a thrilling dive
toward the water. For q moment It
seemed as II Atwood intended to take
a ducking, but in the twinkling Of an
eye the machine shot upward ana then,
at an elevation Of perhaps twenty-five
feet. It few upstream at q terrific clip.
At the same moment q submarine bur-
rowed its way through the foaming tice
and a hydroplane came down the river
IIckety split. These innovations capped
the climax and made the crowds forget
the crews for the time being.
'T never doubted the result for mo-
ment,, said Coach wray. 'T had a great
crew and that was all. The men trained
faithfully and deserved all the credit" !"
Kennedy, the Yale coach. had nothing
to say. Neither would the other Yale
coaches express an opinion But IT was
broadly hinted that before another re-
eatta is held. here there viii be revolu-
tion In the conduct Of Yale's rowing at
fairs. The fact that all but one Of the
men in the Yale launch sat behind the
engine during the race indicated the dis
satisfaction with the methods that have
prsvailediat New Haven.
It was happy crowd that left for
Boston after the victory. The special
trains were draped with crimson. and
fsags were Tying from the windows. Har-
wards triumph win never be forgotten
at Cambridge, hut Yale win try to wipe
II out next year. There was thick gloom
IN the Yale trains as they rolled away.
ana New London was like . graveyard.
when the multitude had gone New Lon
don iapscd into Its usual slumber. though
the shopkeepers stayed up later than
usual counting their receipts Of an
evsntful day.
A. strong. OF New York. No. 9 IN Har-
Yards varsity crsw.: was elected captain
e Red Top this evening