New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
FRESHMEN Win FOR YALE
First Victory in Four Years for
the Blue on Thames.
rRr telegraph 70 Tie Tribune.


New London. Conn. June 30.-The Grim
son and the Blue were all even after the
races Of the morning here to-day. for the
Yale freshman eight rowed down the Har-
varG youngsters n was Yale's first vic
tory on the Thames since 1907. and the
( varsity four-oared crew from Cambridge
retsliated in the last race before luncheou.
defeating the Vale four by five lengths.
With tho Yale triumph I'm tho first race
came Wild jubila in the ranks Of the
/ Blue supporters, and despite the setback IN
the fours the men from New Haven were
a mighty confident lot when they piled Off
tho observation train al New London and
waited around for the time 70 start up
stream again for the varsity race.
The Tale youngsters gave fine exhibit
ton IN the first race for although they
were of to 2 bad start. they went right
after the fleet Crimson eight and IN less
time than II takes 10 tell were fighting on
even terms with tho youths from Cam
bridge After that they were right up in
the proce sslon and. rowing a long, We'll
Judged stroke, wore the Harvard crew
down and won as they pleased. The mar
gin was half z length Of open water
W lfn me 1tiIS me rL'TN WIS illhili NIi'
same. except that the shoe was on the
other foot, for II was the Yale crew that
was Off To the best start. and &c was the
Harvard combination that went out and
did the rowing finally setting the pace all
the way from the half-mile mark. But
there was something irdeinably clean cut
about both victories Al every angle Yale
had the best fire zhrnau crew and the Har-
ward four was the better from the crack
~ the gun. Yole's time IN the freshman
race was II SO snd Harvard's 1884 The
times IN the four-oared contest we're Hsr-
yard. 1872 ami Yale. l3:52
Although the morning was veIngh
perfect the freshman race was postponed
for an hour because. after the crews had
come down stream and been transferred
from their respective launches into the
shells Meikleham. tia referee. discovered
that breeze which was sweeping down the
course from Gales Ferry was fresheuing,
and he was afraid % let the crews 20 of
With even the slightest prospect 81 rough
water
Tho postponement made Il necessary for
tire oarsmen to climb back into the launch
es. and after an hours wait they re-em-
barked and padded up To the starting line.
under the railroad bridge.
There was very little Jockeyius At the
stake boats and the referee lost no time IN
sending the youngsters on their two-mile
journey With mighty heaye the Har-
ward shell shot into the load in the very
frs- stroke. and fra the first half dozen pulls,
rowed az forty strokes n the minute. put
the Crimson ahead nearly quarter ~
a length Tor the next dozen strokes, TOO,
the Harvard boat forged ahead of the Yale
crew. and a the end Of the first TWO hum
/ drod Yards was enjoying q lead Of holt q
boat length But iu that first desperate
oHort the Harvard eight shot It's bolt When
Che crews settled down into the even swing
tuat was % carry them through the rest of
tho race. r. was apparent in an instant that
Yale rowing hv far the slower stroke Of
no two was not only able 10 hold the
Crimson. but also 20 gain
That is how tuo race stood r. th" end
OF tho first quarter ~ a milo. Harvard g
lead was being cut down rapidly. and
Yale, rowing better than any. Yale crew
OF tho immediate past. was forging slowly
but surely 10 tho front. Then, just before
they struck the haif-mile flags tho Yale
stroke called on his men for a squirt, and ia
few moments tho Els were leading.
Holding the stroke a. thirty-tvo while
Harvard plugged along with a very short
thirty, the Vale eight shot past the sur
prisad Crimson youngsters. and went out
for commanding lead. And when they
passed the half-mile mark Yale was lead
ing by three-qusrters Of length, show
nothing
After that little test the Yale stroke
knew that he he'd the measure ~ rhe
Crimson, and proceeded 70 let down notch
bv notch until the Crimson stroke was q
count higher than the Blue That allowed
the Harvard youngsters 10 crawl ND BIT
and they pulled abreast Of the Yale eight
ar the ono-mile flags In the next quarter
Of a mile Snow den. the Yale stroke, sue
ceeded in drawing about six feet ahead
Of the Harvard crew. and then me- settled
down 10 a determined sprint. which wore
tho Crimson down rapidly, and resulted
in placing the Yale LADS half length
ahead a. the mile and one-half flags
From then on the Harvard cuns did not
have half chance. for Yale took things ~
ite own hands, opening ny the lead as II
yard and the finish line Yale was leading
by open water, and the Blue finally dashed
across the line nearly a full length OF open
water ahead OF the Cambridge youn gsters.
When the freshmen finished the fc Irs
were in the shadow or the navy yard and
were ready 20 set out on the struggle over
the UPPER half OF the course. The booming
cannon on the yachts al the naval station
had hardly finished saluung the victorious
Yale freshmen when Mr. Aleikleham called
the tours 70 the line and with little delay
sent them of. The Yale four, rowing forty
I .vsa1ya afrff to
wItlin q half dozen strokes. but they did
not hold that position long Harvard, with
2 long well measured stroke. pulled along
az thirty-sX for the first half minute. ana
ar the end OF that period was on even terms
with the Yale shell.
The further the crews rowed the more no.
uceable became the differences and the
more marked did their effect on the posi-
ions 81 the crews become. Before the malt
mule point was reached Harvard was lead
Ing BY q fun length aud rowing only thlr-
tv-tvo strokes 10 Yale's thirty-nye. And
the nearer the Harvard crew got 70 the
I g,Tah further they went paEgtuE