The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-26
YALE BOATS LEAD
HARVARD IN ALL
THREE RACES
Blue Bladed Oars Too Fast For
Crimson Sweeps
VARSITY WINS BY FIVE LENGTHS
Crowd of 10000 Sees New Haven Col
leee Win in Junior, Freshman
and Main Event

New London, Conn, June 26.-For
the first time in many years Yale
university crews swept the Thames
river in the annual dual regatta with
Harvard last night, ELI alumni and
undergraduates cheered their three
crews and Coach Guy Nickalls until
the din was deafening.
Victory was exceedingly sweet to
the Ellis for the intervarsity regatta
records have TO be searched for many
years to find Yale triple victory. al
though similar Harvard successes are
of more frequent and recent occur
renee. TO add to the joy OF the blue
the varsity eight established new
upstream course record in winning
the big race, which is likely to stand
for years.
But one race, the junior varsity
event, was started on schedule time
The fourmile' varsity contest was de-
layed by rough water ! Ia hours and
the freshmen race postponed from
morning until after the feature event.
Even then misfortune followed the
crews and a broken oarlook necessiia-
ted the iirstyear crews rowing a race
at 1 10 miles in almost total dark
ness.
Fully 10000 spectators Witnessed
the contests from the observation
cars which followed each race along
the banks Of the Thames. while the
river shores were1 populated by
throngs ranging from hundreds TO
thousands at every point of vantage
Chief interest centered in the out
come nf the varsity race when the
Yale parsmen demonstrated that the
eightinch victory of last years Eng
lish-odached crew was not a fluke by
winning Yesterdays contest by al
most six lengths. Enthusiasm broke
records just as did the oarsmen who
engendered it, Harvard took defeat
phjlosophically, but Yale adherents
made no attempt TO hide th@ir joy
and in this they were ably seconded
by the townfolk with whom the Eli
victory was exceedingly popular.
That the blue had crew of parti-
cula power and finish is shown in
the figures of the four-mile race
where the Yale oarsmen set their
own pace and in so doing established
a new upstream record of 90 minutes.
50 seconds, beating the time made by
the Yale eight of 1907 by IS seconds
The freshman race rowed In semi
darkness over a mile and half
|. course was won by the Yale first
yeaf crew by approximately one
length. the times being: Yale 8
| minutes 8 seconds; Harvard, minu-
|, tes 10 seconds.
The southwest wind and choppy
water delayed the start of the 'varsi-
! ty race more than one hour, and the
lower half of the course was still
choppy when the shells darted away
! from the railroad bridge. The tide
was still running upstream and the
| sky was overcast, but the Harvard
oarsmen retained their canvas hats
when they set out on what was to
prove stern chase in the wake of
the winners. With the possible ex-
ception of the first half-mle Harvard
never appeared to have chance, al
| though little Or no fault could be
found, with the workmanship of the
Cambridge crew.
Both eights fought gamely through
out the long four-mile race, rowing
according to their lights without a
sign of faltering or break. Once
over the finish line, there came the
temporary reaction and exhaustion
common to college crew races. yet it
was but momentary and soon the
oarsmen were heading back for their
quarters. another year OF regatta
training at their backs.
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