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 20.-By a
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
Blue tipped oars as no galley slaves
ever labored under the lash, while
j thousands of spectators on shore and
on observation trains shrieked hysteri-
caIly.
| 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,
! few of the thousands knew whether
victory had perched upon the bow of
the Yale or the Harvard racing craft.
i 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
f., those aboard the yachts clustered close
about the finish. Slowly the Harvard
| colors began to sink as the judges
screamed across the water that Yale
had won it's first varsity race in seven
years by less than foot in FL minutes
! Is seconds. with Harvard crossing the
| 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 r-ass Of
f1uttering color. and. the sharp Yale
cheers drowned the long-draWn-out
Harvard rahs Yale had come into it's
own again after period of rowing re-
verses that tried the hearts of even
the most loyal.
But the victors and yanquished saw
or heard little of the celebration, for
exhausted nature was taking her toll
Drifting slowly up stream with the
| 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 Law
prone in the shell, where he dropped
!, just as he drove the stern of his craft
past the final blue flagpost. McLane
in the coxswains 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 if 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 race they were quick to recog-
nize the wonderful gameness of their
opponents and cheered the victors in
feeble but sportsmanlike manner.
Never in the history of intercollegiate
rowing has there been a greater ex-
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
rowed side by side, with Yale always
setting the pace and Harvard respond
ing stroke for stroke. while one, PROV
slipped away Httle IN tne 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, which
they never relinquished.
Pitcher Schwartz of the Danbury At
lantic League team June = soaked the
ball for three home runs. He drove In