The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-26
Easily Vanquished Harvard
on Thames Course Late
Yesterday
BEFORE GREAT CROWD
OF SPECTATORS
Blue Now Leads in Series
by Is Wins to "a for
Harvard

| New London. Conn., June 30-Yala de.
feated Harvard in the annual boat race
here yesterday afternoon, winning in
runaway fashion. The victory puts the
Blue ahead with rs points to Harvard's
"a.
tremendous throng saw the event.
Estimates placed the total along both
banks OF the river at the start and fin
ish at 10000. On both sides of the
course, small craft were moored or drift
ed in position to see the race at critical
points.
The Yale men were jubilant, during
the afternoon before the race started,
over their morning victory in the second
varsity event. That victory sent last
minute odds on the final race to even
money, where before Harvard had been
a favorite.
1t was a perfect racing day, save for
whipping wind that stirred up the wat
er into choppy waves. Owing to this
chop, the freshman race was postponed
from morning till afternoon, after the
second varsity had been run off
The sun shone brightly most of the
day and the bothersome wind lightened
as the afternoon drew along to the hour
for the big event.
The Thames was crowded with craft
and one OF the most brilliant gatherings
ever drawn by the annual meeting OF
the two colleges on the wxter had as
sembled.
Shortly after 5 o'clock the breeze
stiffened again and ruffied the surface
OF the Thames.
The Harvard crew was the first to |
reach the stake boat. The launch John |
Harvard bearing the Crimson coaches
scanned up to the Crimson shell and |
gave final instructions to the men.
The Yale crew padded slowly to the
starting line. Both Fights were given
the usual earsplitting ovations as they
padded to the stake boat.
Harvard was ON the left side OF the
liver and Yale ON the right going down.
They got the word at 5:45. 1t was
perfect start. AT the end of the first
Eighth mile Yale was splashing slight
v, but it was a neck and neck stTug
As they neared the half-mile mark
he crews we're hitting up hard stroke
md were on even teams. They were
troking thirty to the minute. Yale
eemed TO be gaining as they nesred the
nd OF the first mile. Harvard began /
o splash. Yale worked hard and in
reased its stroke. At the end of the ,
rst mile, Yale was leading by two .
engths. Yale kept increasing the lead
5 they neared the second mile, while ,
Harvard splashed at times. Yale in ,
reased its lead three lengths soon after n
ding a mile.
Harvard crept on Yale as they neared ,
he second-mile mark and lale's lead n
'as reduced length, Yale then hit
p its stroke TO thirty-two and gained
mother half-length. Yale was rowing q
Ike a machine, while Harvard seemed to \
e weak. At the two-mile mark, Yale !,
gain was pulling away from Harvard. =
ale kept increasing its lead as the
lrsmen approached the two and one. Il
alf mile mark. o
After they passed the two and a half I
lie mark Harvard drew up little on o.
sr Blue rival, and as the crews were =,
aching for the three-mile mark Yale's "
ad was about a length and half. Both "
ews began a strong pull for the finish, a,
Ich putting force to the sweep of the :,
rs. Yale, however, appeared the I,
ronger. Both were rowing a thirty r
70 stroke. Il,
Yale again pulled away from Harvard a,
ID increased its lead to three lengths. n
IssiBg the three mile mark Yale had 80
creased her lead to five lengths q
Harvard at this point began TO splash Il
~ badly. Yale took advantage OF q,
awards splsshing and increased her
ID TO six lengths. =,
Harvard's crew began 20 tire fast al ~
2 three and halt mile ponit. Yale \,
d increased the lead and was still -
ming "a
the finish Yale held her M
2 lead and won by seven lengths -,
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