Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
YALE CREW WINNER
Beats Harvard Eight in Thrill
ing Four-MiIe Race.
is FIRST BY FOUR INCHES
Struggle on Thames Yesterday Will
Have Prominent Place in
Rowing History.
is FIRST BY FOUR INCHES

NEW LONDON, Conn, June 2O-By a
margin of four inches Yale won the
varsity four-mile eight-oared race on
the Thames river here late yesterday
afternoon. after a struggle which will
stand out in rowing history when the
competing oarsmen are mythical
heroes of forgotten decade.
Through a four-mile lane of steam
yachts and motor boats the sixteen
crew men toiled at the Crimson and
BNe tipped oars as no galley slaves
ever labored under the lash, while
thousands of spectators on shore and
on observation trains shrieked hysteri-
cally.
When the knifelike prows of the rae
ing shells had cut past the final line OF
flags, and the oarsmen dropped with
heaving chests and sweat-dimmed eyes,
victory had perched upon the bow of
the Yale or the Harvard racing craft
Finish Close One.
On board the judges boat at the
finish line could be seen the arbiters
of the race frantically gesticulating
in conference, while first black flag
and then a crimson one was waved at
the end of long pole. On the white
canvas-covered gondolas of the observa-
ton train the clans of Yale and Har-
inspiration from the waving flags Of
those aboard the yachts clustered close
about the finish. Slowly the Harvard
colors began to sink as the judges
finally resorted to the megaphone and
screamed across the water that Yale
had won its first varsity race in seven
years by less than foot in q minutes
is seconds. with Harvard crossing the
of lot
Then the Yale legion lost all restraint
and the blue. so long furled at the end
of the annual dual regatta. flashed
forth in the hands of thousands of stu
athletic fortunes. Shore and. water ap-
peared to be buried under the T ass Of
fluttering color. and the sharp Yale
cheers drowned the long-drawn-out
Harvard rahs. Yale had come into its
own again after period of rowing re-
verses that tried the hearts of even
the most loyal.
But the victors and vanquished saw
or heard little of the celebration, for
exhausted nature was taking her toll
tide went the two shells side by side,
just, as they had been during the
twenty-one minutes of battle. Too eX-
hausted to hold themselves upright,
those who had the strength and wits
to do it splashed water on their fallen
crew mates
Oarsmen Exhausted.
Stroke Appleton of the Yale eight lay
prone in the shell. where he dropped
just as he drove the stern of his craft
past the final blue fiagpost. McLane.
In the coxswain's seat. splashed hand
full after handful of water over his
fallen leader. In the waist of the boat
Sheldon, No. 4, was doubled over until
his head touched the planking. while
Titus and Sturtevant struggled with al
most powerless arms to revive him with
splashes of water.
A few feet away the Harvard eight
hung limp on their slides, as II stunned
by the Yale victory rather than ex-
hausted by the terrific struggle. When
they finally realized that after seven
years of logged effort Yale had again
won a race they were quick to recog-
nize the wonderful gameness of their
opponents and cheered the victors in q
feeble but sportsmanlike manner.
Never in the history of intercollegiate
hibition Of bulldog determination and
grit on the part of sixteen oarsmen
seated In rival shells. Once the start
Ing pistol had sent them away they
setting the pace and Harvard respond
ing stroke for stroke, while one prov
slipped away a little in the lead only
to be partially overhauled by the other.
Eli Regains Lead.
From the railroad bridge to Bartletts
cove the battle Of the oars continued,
and never once was there open water
between the shells. The Blue held the
advantage by from a quarter to three
quarters of shell length at every
half-mile flag except those marking the
three and lone -half-mile station. Here
the Crimson crew made its bid for vic
tory. and for a few hundred yards led
by several feet Appleton raised the
Yale stroke, however. and soon the Ellis
had regained the lead Of inches. whichsl
they never relinquished.
Pitcher Schwartz Of the Danbury At
lantic League team June 2Nsoaked the
ball for three home runs. He drove In
eight of the eleven runs his team made