Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01
TWO FOR HARVARD
Yale Is Beaten in Varsity
Eight and Four Races.
BLUE FRESHIES SAVE DAY
Feature of Great Crew Contests Was
a Runaway, for the Losers Lacked
Power Behind Their Strokes.
BLUE FRESHIES SAVE DAY

NEW LONDON. Conn, July liar
wards effort to sweep the Thames yes
terday for the third consecutive year was
not quite accomplished, for although the
Crimson won the great varsity events in
runaway style by nineteen lengths, and
the substitute VARSITY four b. five
lengths. the Yale freshmen captured the
initial event.
In each race the winning crew led from
the start and Harvard's giant varsity
eight shook off the lighter Yale crew at
the start. and was never again challenged
throughout the four miles
1t was the fourth consecutive victory
of the big crew for Harvard. a record
that has not come TO Cambridge for
nearly half century.
The varsity race was rowed down
stream with a favorable tide. but with
head breeze that made progress somewhat
slow.
The morning races were rowed up
stream. also with the tide but against a
moderate wind, and those times were slow
as well.
Times Of the Races.
The official times for the three races
were:
Varsity race-Harvard, 2om. AS; Yale,
23m. 4Olas.
Freshmen-Yale, lin. 53s.; Harvard.
lin. 591ks.
Varsity fours-Harvard 13m 376s. !;
Yale, 18Th. 52s.
The varsity race was witnessed by more
than $500 people on shore. in observa-
ton trains. and on the river in a gayly
decorated floating grandstand. Overhead
lowered an aeroplane. while beneath stole
submarine, which escaped the vigilance
Of the marine policemen.
Referee Meikleham waited half an hour
after the scheduled time for the wind to
subside and then sent the varsity Fights
away from the moOred punts opposite
Red Top at $50 o'clock.
Harvard caught the water first. and the
initial stroke showed the power Of its
crew. A yard was gained there, and this
lead was increased to more than a length
before the half mile was reached.
Yale Lacked the Power.
Yale rowed in perfect form and rhythm.
but power was lacking. Every Harvard
stroke meant a gain. and this continued
down to the very finish The crews met
rough water between the mile and two
mile flags, and both dropped the stroke
to an even thirty.
After leaving the navy yard. however.
the Yale stroke was hit up to thirty-three
and even thirty-five for a few minutes
but there was no perceptible gain, and
Harvard was then far ahead.
Shouts were few and far between owing
to the runaway nature Of the race until
the Harvard crew was almost at the line.
Then cannon doomed, whistles screeched.
the crowds cheered and the Harvard
oarsmen padded over the line as If they
had been canoeing. while Coxswain
Ables swung around in his seat for
first and distant view of the Yale shell.
Yale athletic experts shook their heads
gloomily and said that Yale was surpris-
ingly inferior.
Yale Game to the End.
Yale rowed the race out, although the
oars trailed in limp fingers. The only
consolation that Yale obtained through
out the day was in the freshman race.
There the crews were so close for mile
and a half Of the two miles that only
those on the referees boat could pick
the leader
Persons on the observation trains, be-
cause of the poor range, gave Harvard
the lead for three-quarters of the race.
At the half mile, mile and mile and
half Yale's advantage in each case was
one second. In the homestretch the blue
youngsters pulled away and won by two
lengths The Harvard four evened the
score by jumping away from the Yale
shell at the start and holding con-
stantly increasing lead finishing with
four lengths between the shells.