Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-21
Varsity Beats Yale with II Lengths
To the Good ale's FinishPi tifl1l-
Freshmen and Four-O Dared Races
ToCrimson CreWs--StrokeF Fails.
Six Colleges Race, Today, at Po1ghksspsis- Cor.
nell Remains Favorite- -Penn's Chances Good
HARVARD EASY WINNER.

| New London, CT, June 2o.-For
! the sixth time in six consecutive years
| Hafvards Varsity eight-oared crew
| triumphed over the Yale oarsmen in
| the i-mile race, this afternoon. that
closed the annual inter- univers ty re-
gotta here. Preceded by the two
| Crimson victories of the forenoon and
| the two wins of Thursday, it com
jpletel a Harvard sweep that has MOI
been cQuallcd but once or twice in the
long history of Yale Harvard row
| Inns. Tonight, bands of Cambridge stu
dents are paradins the streets. The
| final defeated administered to Yale
was so crushing and complete that It
English stroke and rowing methods
imported from oxford are being held
up To ridicule, this evening, in a man
nor which many veteran oarsmen
think unjust at this time. Sweeping
down the river with steady and con-
lsstent stroke, Harvard crossed til
finish line II lengths ahead of the | lua
in Il minutes and AZ seconds The
Eli eight rolled and splashed across in
Harvard's wake Just IS seconds later
las lady defeated a crew as has been
seen on the Thames river course il
some years
Except during the first mile the race
was merely procession with thu
Crimson aIsmen increasing their lea
steadily as the half mile flags siippe1
last 1t was not that the Yale sweep
swinsers broke or failed to get speed
cut of their English stroke, but Har-
yard surpasse1 them in every depart
ment OF the art of rowing. Using q
trfle quicker stroke, Coach Wray S
pupils drove their long knife-like rae
ing craft through the water at fast
er pace and with less lost molten yes
in the end they failed to show the
symptoms of excessive exhaustion
that marked the finish of the Blue.
During the last half mile of the
race Harvard maintained a fast pace,
finishing with racing sprint that
carried the stroke up to 40 to the
minute. AS the shell slid across the
finish the narsmen dropped theif
sweeps and slapped each other on the
black and then waved to friends who
were chanting the long drawn out
Harvard cheer Far back in the rui
came the Yale eight rolling and rag
eed, the shell barely crawling through
the water and the oars trailing and
splashing as tie men went automat-
cally through the motions of rowing
without either catch or snap to theif
blade work. AS the shell drifted un-
der the railroad bridge Stroke Crock
er and Lippincott at No. Z topic
forward. vile in the middle OF the
craft Philbin at No. 4 was SO exhaust
cd that he reeled out of alignment
sagsing the shell dangerously before
| he could recover his balance.
Speaking Of the efforts and resultant
effects of the Yale crew in eonnee-
ton with the English stroke, fam
GUS amateur oarsman said. last night
",rhe stroke taught by Messrs. Kirby
land Gold is all right in itself, but IL
is not adapted for use by American
crews except after most sfueiiihA
land lengthy preparatory course OF
training precedes the actual work II
the shell. The strain upon the stohl
Zach and lin muscles is terrific ana III
crew, in my opinion can go tour miieE
with that stroke unless they are espe'
icially fitted by several years oil pre-
lliminary work for the muscular s'teii
THAT the stroke imposes. -.
| This opinion backed by statements -"
former Varsity oarsmen to the eHee
l that it would take several years peloi
Yale could expect satisfactory tca"i'
from the new system was apparent
borne out by the Yale showing IN tooay
race. Starting with a 36 to the H'lilue
stroke. the Eli oarsmen jumped ihto III
lead at the very flash of the oars. Tor
moment the bow of the Blue smell Slo"
ed in front across the mirror-lke surlao
| of the Thames and then the HarVaro
| to the minute clip began to tell. IL wa
nip and tuck for a few hundred yarn
and then the Crimson eight rowed sioMi
into a fair lead on the west course. IN
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