The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-21
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B HARVARD OUTCL ASSES
YALE CREW ON THAMES

ENGLIsH hsYsTEM sOFL ROWING
Z WAIIs.DrsMALLY TO -CoNDIs
TToN oARsMEN.
NEW LONDON, CONN. June 90
by at least ten open lengths. Har-
wards university crew made a show
Of Yale, and English rowing methods
bn the Thames this afternoon while
probably $4,000 persons afioat and
ashore looked on in mute astonish-
ment, SO easily was the big race won
that, with the exception of n few
stunts from Harvard men.'the boom
Ang OF q. dozen guns. the screaming OF,
Is siren here and there, little excite
nent prevailed. AS Harvard also
kroved victorious in the four-oared'
and freshmen races In the morning.
Yale was detected and Disguised
when trains for New Haven were
boarded this. evening Yale's crush-
dng defeat In the varsity race was
even more distressing than thatAof a.
year ago.
Young Mr~Harriman and the ox,
ford coaches. Gold and Kirby, mao
expressed so much confidence IN tne
New Haven boat that sons OF Ell came
here expecting to see Harvard put 10
ii somewhat severe test.
Harvard's victory was due to the
.yact that the crew conserved ls
strength from start to finish. Inc
.steady. even stroke, which produced
Almost perfect watermanship. Tney
adhered to this plan of action without
regard to the doingsl OF Yale and De.
fore one mile had been. rowede' IL
was a foregone conclusion ina. tne
New Haven boat would tran nome
many lengths behind. The Yale crew
rnv.a In ragged form. The men did
not swing their bodies in unison. sew
eraf OF them, notably the stroke oar
,Aronped their>hands almost 10 the DOT
| tom OF the she'll on, the eaten ana then
pulled so hard that their heads went
back with a jerk. The Yale stroke oar
was evidentiy'tn physical dis.ress va
| fore half the four-rnile journey nag
heen completed and ne rowed the resi-
Of the way simply on his nerve. Nneh
fha Yale shell reached the nnisn inc
. he fell forward in q partial coiiapse,
. while No. and No. also seeinso
| 20 be on the verge OF topping int
the water. In short. the Yaie ere"
was outclassed,> outgamed ana oa'-
rowed.
Tho river was alive with steam ana
sailing craft. which were kept IN or
| der nv revenue cutters Secretary or
the Navy Josephus Daniels and parry
looked on from the deck OF tne =,
8. g. Dolphin. while the souna
steamers Richard Peck ana tharies
~. Chaplin afforded a splendid VIE"
for hundreds of passengers The
hanks of the river were lined with
countless automobiles and persons
| who sat on the grass under shaoe
trees The surface OF the stream
was like q mill pond in spots and
very light breeze was blowing ~hen
the crews were as,, SEM s.. away O'clock when
san s.,nt he Siae ana crimson oars
Y.ls stated sss rc 81 WITH ah IS stroke r.
men pulling their sweeps through sns
water with III tRslr nhss,l ,ho4M a,ddki n
from, ,ns s0' ss q n .ss as re cs.sriass
power. the Yale men rowsa "a. As , 4 ,sss
81 sa. ess.nf NIL. they we're j, isAS Sn,s
* quarter Of = length , a. nns over over
Yale was timed in ASS 30 while
n1,n crew. nsut ,s.n " ses,isd down to
hard grueliing night. but 1t was no,
until the frst mile mark Was reaches
pushsd the crimson bow OF her spell in
front BY q quarter of length Har-
ward led at thi. mark, being , ing z
the eI T.s. H @.ne. raw.-ssi Br.es;
a powerful brace o on s the p ar the be-
rs1s nssa me fo rr he next ha,t mile
Where Harvard spurted with a 81
and th pa: ..sa the h s r1afk Yale Was
two q Seconds behind at this poin, and
WAS rowinE q. while , ,ss eI,m ,s.s
ss srsk s. Sfrs sRRs Journey had BEEN
sni.s shelf EiIs w shfn' II. Harssrd
H H:rs sosh ninssea two p miie. In is
I've lengths S in front Of the Yale crew:
y.rd T hsa BEEN '' passed. Yaie's stroke
had decreased to 30 Al that point while
Harvard etiil wss rowing 81; a
half in is:1s. Yale 10 seconds AoehInd,
Psn were sss :1asn .esIn 70 t aon
m ss1 nss.. Yale began despsrals
pRt n, , the ' sontnu e. Z, e
Pain. although the men did not appa-
rentiy increase their efforts. At the
iai!ss wits Yale ciocEed IN is:ai nearly
Ave lengths behind. Harvard steadily
Increased her lead and finished in 81 :t2.
line g fresh as when they started.
Yxle splashed down to the ANAL mark
in 1910. 1t was fully ten minutes be-
fore the Yale men were able to climb
out OF their boat into the launch for
final trip TO Gales ferry. The vic.
tors meanwhile were we'll on their way
lions from their many followers who
appiaudsd them on every hand. We
exnccted to win" said Coach WrAy, OF
Hsrvard, nut we didn't look for such
b, = alaAp. The YalemAn were game. but
they didn't seem to know how to put
eneed into their boat They gave us
hard race for the first mile, but they
were exhausted by their own style.