The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-21
HARVARD WINS OVER
YALE IN ALL RACES
Crimson Takes All Three
Events From Old
Ellis Crews
ENGLISH STROKING
FAILS TO HELP YALE
Harvard Captures the Eight Dared
Event by an Easy Lead-Yale
Freshmen Put Up "a
Strong Fight

New London. Jun D.-Harvard made a
clean sweep of the Thames today, 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 late the fresh
men eight Dared event was captured by
the crew from Cambridge.
Harvard's varsity aight covered the
course in II minutes and a2 seconds, while
Yale went over the racing lane in %
minutes and 20 seconds.
Harvard led from start to finish and
was never passed. Fifty thousand people
were present. The contest started at 3:46
o'clock and both crews held an even
stroke for the first half mih.
Harvard ptft presence OF mind in her
arms in showing her shell to the front.
Yale increased her stroke in the first
two minutes, blrt constantly fell behind.
Her stroke was uneven and her splash
ing constant. Sharp distinction was
brought in this to the clean cut, machine
like rowing of tire Cambridge rowcrs.
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 Harvard with nearly q
three length lead and the Harvard shout
ers on the observation trains were wild
with joy.
The powerful Harvard stroke had conn
pletely killed off Yale at the three mile
nag and there WIS four lengths of open
water between the two shells. Yale tried
rubbing into a rally but failed The kill
Ing pace was too much and her crew fell
further and further behind. Near the end
Yale was seen weakening, and Harvarod
ran away from them, flashing over the
nrish mark easily eight lengths in front.
The Yale men dropped their blades. and
some wept, while cheers for the victors
rang in their ears. The Harvard men
finished in fine condition and with plenty
| of reserve power.
Rowing true to form, Harvard crews
won both preliminary races in the annual
regatta with Yale here this morning. Dis
agreeable weather conditions appeared to
have no effect upon the Crimson oarsmen
for i'll both varsity four cared. the pre-
| mier event, and the freshmen eight races
| they led their rivals from start to finish
| 1t rained steadfastly during the early
hours, but the river was almost without
a ripple.
The four Dared race was little more than
| a procession.
| Harvard took the lead at the pistol
crack and steadfastly increased it.
| At the finish of the two miles, five
Lengths separated victor and vanquishSd.
The official time was: Harvard, IL min-
utes 81 seconds; Yale, Il minutes Ii sec
| onds
| The struggle between the first year
crews was q real race. Although the
crimson won, the showing of the Eli
youngsters was excellent.
| Both eights caught the water at 1882
| O'Clock and raced up river toward the two
mile mark at a 80 stroke clip. In the OPEN
! ing dash Harvard showed little more
| finish power and drive in its stroke and
gradually went into the lead until at the
first half mile mark the Cambridge crew
led by half length. rowing at IS to
Yale's 80.
Passing the mile mark both eights rowed
steadily Harvard dropped to a SO mark,
but had increased her lead to a length.
Here the blue athletes started a spurt
that set the Yale clan shouting. Jumping
their stroke to SO and then to IS they
gradually cut down the crimson lead to a
seant half length at the mile and a half
mark.
| stfll rowing smoothly the New Haven
combination worked the stroke up to ~
and the keyed tension began to appear
| Yale would nip their rivals before the
! finish was reached. Harvard. however.
| had energy il reserve and also increased
its stroke until both crews were racing
at 40 strokes
| A quarter or a mile from the finish the
pace proved too much for Yale. A scait
length separated the two shells al they
| ma eSpd bptWpeu the finish flags,
Both crews finished without signs of cx-
cessive exhaustion and held perfect stroke
form until the end So far as could he
judged there was very little difference bc-'
tween the so-called Wray stroke and the
English stroke rowed by the Yale oars-
men. The Yale crew used the English
method OF seating well crouched, and
Tholepin oarlocks instead of swivel OUT
riggers of the Harvard shell. There was
nothing to indicate advantage one way
or the other in these different forms Il
rigging.
| Only four seconds separated winner and
vanquished. Harvard did the two miles in