Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-20

ing world, Yale defeated Harvard in
the elght-oared varsity race on the
Thame river last evening. And such
a race and such finish, Nothing
quite like it has ever been seen in
the years and years of rowing in this
country. Throughout the entire
struggle there was little to choose be !
tween them and there was Il doubt as
TO the winner at the end As the
judges saw it. Yale won by about
four feet. and as the timers saw it |
the Ellis were first over the line By
one-fifth OF Il second. Others said
that the Crimson crew had won. and
great interest is sure to be shown in
the moving pictures of the affair,
which, it is said. will show the read
winner. But whether or no, the race
will go down in history as a victory
for Yale
Before the start of the race Har-
ward was u warm favorite and there
was extreme confidence in the Cam
bridge crews circles. When it came
to racing, too. the Crimson boys
looked like winners, but Yale. it was
vorites more than they bargaiLed for |
As the crews raced over the four-mile !
course there was little TO choose be- !
tween them, but Harvard seemed to |
be pulling the stronger oar. Near the |
finish the Harvard boat sprinted to !
the front and about fifty yards from 4
the finish the Yale crew got busy and !
came with rush. 1t was SO close at /
the end that it required an official rul-
ing to settle it. At first the Crimson
flag went up and then the Yale blue. /
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Yale rowed one Of her old-time races
and showed the bulldog tenacity at
the end. It was her first victory over
Harvard after six straight Years Of
failure. Coach Jim Wray. of Har-
ward, became excited after the de-
cision had been awarded to Yale and
openly declared that his crew had
won. 1t is too bad there is dispute
over the victory. for it was a grand
race.
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The victory of Harry Nardon in
the British open golf tourney is
pleasing news to Americans. for Var
don is very popular over here. Of
course. we were anxious TO have our
own Francis Ouimet. the brilliant
amateur, win the competition, but
after showing rare form in the pre-
liminary round, Ouimet fell off badly
in his play in the first round The
win OF Vardon is his sixth in the
worlds greatest golf tourney. and he
leads all others in this respect.
Previous to his victory, Nardon was
tied with james Braid and John H.
Taylor all three pros having won the /
competition five times. Nardon, now /
that he has won, will pay us another
visit late in the fall. He came over
here last year along with Edward
Ray, and we enjoyed their play very
much 1t was the presense of Nardon
and Ray in our open championship
last year which gave that competition
so much attention, and these two
Englishmen furnished the back
ground for the sensational victory of
the then almost unheard-of amateur,
Ouimet. who not only tied with Var
don and Ray in the tourney proper,
but beat them out in the play-off
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Nasty rumors are following ON the
heels Of the American polo teams de-
feat by the English. Vicious attacks
have been made on the men who rep
resented this country. and now the
fake story is being circulated that /
our ponies were doped. That we were
beaten and beaten fairly in the polo I
matches no one with a grain of fair
ness will deny. That our men were
in excellent condition and did their
best is also equally true, and that
our ponies were doped is as false as
false can be. We didn't lose because
there was anything particularly T
wrong with us, but because England !
produced better team. That the I
substitution of Rene La Montague for T
Harry Payne Whitney weakened our
team is not 10 be disputed. Whitney !
as captain of our previous winning /
four, was a tower of strength, and
not only his play. but his presence in /
the game added TO the brilliancy and /
force of our execution. As captain, |
Whitney drove his men on and on. I.
and they responded to his sincere and /
forceful commands. With Whitney /
out of the team we were weakened |
somewhat. of course, but the men /
who went into the fray were all wen
trained and fought to the last ditch.
Foxhall Keene and those who have !
backed him up will have a lot of ex-
planning to do. 1t is known that
Keene is one Of the few disgruntled
ones who failed to make a place on
the team. Keene plays at polo, and
he would like TO have made the inter
national team. He didn't have the
class and he didn't have the dis
position, and, besides, he couldn't
exist where Harry Whitney lived.
The Keene story, which he afterward
denied, put the four poloists in a bad
light with the public. 1t was a cruel
and uncalled-for attack on the Water
burys and on Whitney and on the
polo association, as we'll 1t was so
rotten, in fact, that Keene himself