Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-21
Harvard CREWS WIN
Sweep the Thames, Defeat
ina Yale in All Three Races.
$4,000 WATCH CONTESTS
Crimson's Varsity Eight First Home
by Eight Lengths Over
Dark Blue.
$4,000 WATCH CONTESTS

NEW LONDON, Conn. June 21.-
Harvard made clean sweep or the
Thames yesterday, her varsity eight
cared crew defeating Yale over four
mile course by eight lengths. Earlier
in the day the Harvard varsity four
won from Yale and later the freshmen
eight-oared event was also captured
by the crew from Cambridge.
Harvard varsity eight covered the
course in twenty-one minutes and
forty-two seconds, while Yale went
over the racing lane in twenty-five
minutes and twenty seconds. Harvard
led in the big race from start to fin
ish and was never pressed. Fifty thou
sand people saw the two crews go over
the course.
The contest started at 3:46, and both
crews held an even stroke for the hrst
half mile Harvard put her shell full
length to the fore within the first two
minutes Of the contest Yale increased
her stroke. but fell constantly behind.
Her stroke was uneven, and there was
constant Splashing of her blades and
sharp distinction to the clean-cut ma
chine like rowing of the Cambridge
crew.
Yale Gradually Slipped.
After the first mile. where Harvard led
by two lengths. the two crews settled
down and Yale kept slipping farther and
farther behind Two miles found Har-
ward with nearly three-length lead and
the Harvard shouters on the observation
trains were wild with joy.
The powerful Harvard stroke had COM
pletely killed off Yale at the three-mile
flag and there were four lengths Of open
water between the two shells 1aie
tried to rally. but failed. The killing
pace was too much and her crew fell 1ar-
Their and farther behind.
Near the finish Yale's crew was seen to
be weakening and Harvard ran away
from them, flashing over the finish line
an easy eight lengths ahead.
The Yale men dropped their blades ana
some of them wept while the cheers for
the victors rang in their ears. The Har-
ward men finished in fine condition and
with plenty of reserve power.
Rain No Effect on Harvard.
The disagreeable weather conditions
yesterday morning appeared to have no
effect on the Crimson oarsmen. for In
both varsity four-oared and freshman
Fights they led their Eli rivals from start
to finish 1t rained steadily during the
entire forenoon, but the Thames was al
most without a ripple.
The four-oared race was little more
than a procession. Harvard took the
lead at $40. when the referees ps-oi
creased il. Al the 1inish OF the Two
miles i've iens ths separated vlclors anu
Vanqnished. The ciEclai h.lSHiDS tllcs
Of the two hours indicate the cIr"fcilc7
in speed for Harvard crossed the line
in ii minutes 81 seconds White Yale Wa;
over in II minutes Ill seconds.
The struggle for hono-S between the
first-year crews was, however, red!
race. Although the Crimson won. the
showing of the Ell youngsters was eH-
cellent Both Fights caught the water II
the bridge at 1892 and raced upriver
toward the two-mile marx at thlrty-elSat
strokes to the minute. In the open.fis
dash Harvard showed little more finisi
and drive in it's stroke. and gradually
nosed into the lead until at the nrst
half-mile mark the Cambridge crew leo
by half length. rowing th1rty-elg.t
strokes to the minute against Yale
Passing through the long lane of yachts
to the mile mark, both Fights roWed
steadily. Harvard dropped to thirty
six mark, but had Increased her aoNah-
tage to full length at the mile.
Yale Freshmen Squirt.
Here the Blue youngsters started
Jumping the stroke to thirty-six and
then to thirty-eight, they gradually cut
down the Crimson lead to a scant half
length at the mile-and-a-haf mark
Still rowing smoothly. the . New Haven tis en-
forty. and it began to appear as though
Yale would nip their rivals before the
finish was reached.
Harvard's freshman eight mad power
in reserve however, and also raised its
stroke until both crews were racing at
a fofty-stroke clip. \ Quarter OF "a m ,n
much for the Ellis, VINO, despite the
high stroke. drifted back until a scant
length separated the two shells as they
Bcth crews finished the hard race
without signs of excessive physical ex-
haustion, and held perfect stroke form
until the end So far as could be judged
from the average spectators point
OF View there was very little difference
between the so-called Wray stroke and
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