The Washington herald., 1914-06-20
YALE IS VICTOR
over HARVARD
Heart-breaking Finish Sees
Blue Ahead by Fifth
{ of a Second.
RESULT LONG IN DOUBT
For First Time in Seven Years Old
Eli Scores Water Triumph
Over Crimson.
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were loaded with the elite Of society
]. Pierpont Morgan left his yacht, the
Corsair. out In the middle of the stream.
and conveyed q party OF friends aboard
a nat car. Howard Elliott. chairman OF
the board Of directors OF the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad was
present. but II served him just right.
Miss Eleanora Sears graced our train.
and all along the right of way were
names Of great social prominence.
A blue rowboat and a red rowboat
were anchored in the middle OF the
stream under the bridge. some distance
apart and beyond them stretched a
watery aisle lined by steam yachts and
power boats and great steamers and
dingy tugs. As the shells lined up to-
eether the Yale bunch near the blue
rowboat and the Harvard crew near the
red boat. long-nosed yacht came creep
ing out from under the bridge and pulled
up behind them. This was August Bel
monts boat. so a man said. and 1t car
ried the committee. A gentleman got out
on the front Of the boat with a mega
phone and began yelling at the oarsmen.
and they began to strip of their apparel.
They looked pretty nude when they first
came up, hut by the time they got
through shedding at the finish they were
right down to what seemed to be bushes.
although somebody said 1t was sunburn.
Anyway, they tossed their shirts and Il.
V. DIS into the rowboats and then the
gentleman on the front OF August Bel
mont boat pulled a pistol out Of his
pocket and-zowie. they were on.
Accents Get Mixed.
There was a wild furry OF yells aboard
our train and Harvard and Yale &C
cents all got mixed up together so It
was hard to tell them apart. and then
the engineer took out after the racers.
He was at a slight disadvantage. Mean
time the two shells had commenced to
ease their way further over toward the
other side and It became apparent that
the race was moving right out from
under our party. Steamboats, and
launches and distance began to obscure
our view and at a moment when the
shells were nose TO nose. the racers pass
ed out OF sight altogether. They were
hidden behind a large cluster OF vessels
over near the other shore. Guns began
going OF, indicating the finish-indicating
silence prevailed along our train.
We'll" we said politely trying to make
little conversation. Yale made II close
anyway. didn't he. Harvard couldn.tI
have won by more than an eyelash."
We don't know who won.' said some
one, and that was a big relief. We could
now converse with everybody on Q COM
mon ground. All those people knew
plenty about boat racing, but nothing
about the winner of this race In con-
troversy. 1t was mighty satisfying to
sit there and reflect that with all his
dough ]. Pierpont Morgan was in just
the same ignorance as anybody else. The
Yale car commenced to cheer. a man ran
alongside the car In a great hurry and
somebody asked who won.
by that far he said. breathlesly. in
dicating a space with two hands. The
Yale car grew suddenly silent and the
Harvard car began to yell. People came
from the vicinity of Red Top. the Har-
ward training quarters. but smiled nom
committally when asked about the re-
suit. The train on the other side Of the
river was watched anNiously to see II II
would give any Indication OF Joy or sor-
row. but nothing happened either way.
The Yale crew was seen going up the
river. and somebody remarked that they
did not look as II they were winners,
and the Harvard crew came across the
water and somebody also suggested that
they did not look like losers. And then
some one said Yale really had won.