New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-22
HARVARD BEATS YALE
CREWS IN THREE RACES

decided that he had better investigate and
make sure that everything was all right.
so far as the water was concerned. He
sailed down a couple of miles Of the course
and then came back with the word that
there was no danger of rough water.
He ordered the Crimson oarsmen out and
then went UP TO Gales Ferry and gave the
same command to the Yale crew. and soon
both Fights were on the way TO the starting
point
Because Of n strong ebh tide it took a LOT
Of backing and films before both crews
were lined up and ready. but While the
crowd sang and cheered the starting gun
harked Harvard caught the water the
moment the pistol flashed and had the
oars halfway through on the hfst
stroke before the Yale men snapped
in their oars Then came the sur
nrising part Of il all Instead of falling
back and falling to keep mp high stroke
the Yale men heaved and heaved and in six
strokes drew abreast of the Harvard smell.
II was only a flash. however, because alier
the twelfth or thirteenth stroke the Grim
son cot under way and Yale fell back. In
the first half minute Harvard rowed twenty
strokes ana 1dI' phil'' '''''''''
Harvard Takes Lead at Start.
Roth crews got away To a wonderfully
clean start and there was not a bit ot
smashing I'm either eight. " anything. Vale
rowed a trine better than tho Crimson IN
the first half minute or SO At the end OF
mo first hundred yards Harvard began to
null away. and at the quarter mile marx
was quarter OF q length in th" lead
Coming to tho half-mile dags Harvard was
rowing 81 to Yale's "a and was thrce-duar-
ters of length in front
Snowden. the Yale stroke. showed his
calIbre when he began to call for sprint
before reaching the mile post The crew
responded. and Yale for a moment gained
little. but lost It again, SO that Harvard
Tor the first time had open water behind its
rudder post Snowden. however. was not
for giving M. and in the next half mile
kept driving his men. The crew did not
let behind him as well as it should and
at the navt flags. or one mile and halt
Harvard was a quarter Of = length Of open
water 10 the good
In the bay lust above tho uavv yard the
crews found some rough water This
caused splashing i'm both boats, but not
enough in the Harvard shell TO amount 10
much Coming abeam the navE ward the
crews had settled down to q low stroke,
Harvard's being an even 81 and tales Just
a shade lower
The race. barring accidents was practi-
cally over at the halfway point, where
the respective times We're: Harvard. 1850
end Yale, 1888 For the last two miles the
I race was little more than test of endur-
ancc
Cannons Boom at Finish.
Through the lane of boats the two crews
raced, with Harvard gradually drawing
away. The two and a quarter lengths at
the two-mile mark were three lengths half
a mile further on, and at the third mile
Harvard was four lengths to the good.
Then Yale grew desperate and tried TO
sprint, but the sprint was not forthcom-
Ing from the tired men, and the crew kept
/ swinging along at the same rhythmic, al
most automatic. stroke Of 81 to the minute
while Harvard maintained its pace at a.
| With the finish only half. mile away, the
Harvard men sprinted. Newton gradually
raised the stroke 10 80, 10 3s and finally to
90. This tremendous sprint, indicative Of
reserve power in the Harvard shell. sent
the Crimson further into the lead, and amid
the booming Of guns and the screech of
sirens the Cambridge boat crossed the line
/ six lengths In advance Of Yale.
! Snowden made a final effort TO boost
/ Yale's stroke, and in the last furlong did
succeed in getting II UP TO "a, at which
.. pace the Blue finished. Instead OF coming
| 10 stop on the line, however, as Yale
/ crews of the last few years have been in
the habit OF doing, this Yale eight pulled
right on under the bridge apparently not
, altogether worked out by the four-nile
pull
Captain Strong, in the Harvard shell. was
little bit distressed at the finish. but
he did not collapse and led lusty cheer
for the Blue.
1t was race which Yale can look upon
az the promise Of better things. The crew
rowed on sound principle and rowed well.
and II seemed pity that Bob Cook did not
have the extra ten days which he prayed
for so earnestly on Thursday night for the
finishing touches.
Freshmen in Desperate Race.
in order to keep. the yachts in line and
OF the course even for the morning races
1t was found necessary to stretch a rope
between each boat, and it was this rome
ripped the committee boats superstructure.
with great danger to its passengers The
Grayling was placed at the disposal of the
regatta committee by Charles II. Hoyt.
and Valentine Chapel, the chairman. was
inspecting the course when the captain.
ignorant of the presence of the rope. at
tempted TO pass between two yachts. Tho
rope raked the Grayling from stem to
stern about five feet above the deck. and
everything was carried away before II.
Awnings, ropes, masts and flags toppled
down on the deck, burying the passengers,
while the smokestack also toppled over, but
fortunately no one was injured.
When the ''rayling had been tempo
rarily Strengthened out II was almost time
for the freshman race. The Harvard
youngsters were the first TO come down
the river in their coaching launch the John
Harvard. They were followed half a mile
back by tho Yale cubs in the Elihu Yale,
each launch towing a shell. After the
oarsmen had clambered gingerly over the
sides of the launches and into the shells
they padded around 70 get their bearing
and then slipped under the bridge and out
OF sight coming into view again just when
they were ready 20 take their positions
They were not on the mark more than a
minute when the referee sent them off II
was a very much surprised lot of Harva I'd
enthusiasts that saw the Yale Youngsters
rip their oars through the water at the rate
Of fOrty-one strokes for the first minute
The Crimson got the jump at the gun
however, and were half dozen feet I'm