The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-24

on the other hand HatVards u,srm,..
Workmanship was very clean.
Vale L%rngthens strokr.
As they reached the auartci ut.
mark the Blue was leading by fifteen nj,
twenty feet. Yale's crew began fl,
lengthen their stroke out. ge,tius moro
of a body swing. falling into their ..r.da
Of the modified English stroke, which
short slide work and more body swing
than the American method. Tho lI.r.
ward youngsters did not lose courage.
II looked to me as If Harvard lal
planned is race to ALLOW Yalo to So,
the hot pace and Just stay a ehor' W.
behind and push it to the limit until the
crew would crack. which Yale did n IL,
last quarter mile.
As they reached the hdlf mile mark
Yale had increased tho lead 20 three.
quarters of a length. rowing thIrty.Hva
strokes a minute. The time here was
ESQ. Harvard. owing thirtv-'rrc..
was timed in 2:l3. At the t~hrc--uuart.r
mile post Yale made II n length AZ tr4
mile flags there was good opou wat,
between the two shells. The time was
Yale. 1875 Harvard. 80. Harvard be-
gan to lengthen the stroke and raise j.
a few notches, getting more body SWING
than in the first part OF the race. aud
DtHdl 10 crawl UP on Inc lil1le Nu4tE.
sters foot By foot.
owing TO the extremely low liz vl.,l
Yale had the men could not clear th.
tops Of the waves on tho reacuou' for
their stroke. Yale's crew wue trim.
lady with this extremely long bpIt
vim As they reached the mile aud 4
half mark-time. Yale 900 and liar.
ware :0S-only a half length sepa rated
the two crews. and before a quarter %.
a mile more Harvard had passed Yale,
being "A much better rough water crew
In and out board. Al times when Yaie
rigsers and oars would hit tho water
It's shell would nearly come to a stand.
still.
cub n Length Ahead.
Harvard went by Yale az though 4
was anchored. winning by a length vel
within itself. while Yale's youngsters
were badly done up. The time vas 0
minute SO 80 seconds. Nale's time
was Q minutes 80 seconds.
THE second varsity. which Wa.
scheduled for 10 o'clock. did not start I'LL
an hour later, owing TO the roughness %
the water on the lower course. Referee
William l.. Meik!eham decided TO -ow
on the upper course. which was ron.
siderably smoother. There was a rrea,
deal OF delay at the start, the referee
giving the men instructions wtat 90 10
and how to &c, until the crew and cvory-
body else got nervous. II was the slow
est method OF starting any boat race |
ever rave seen. Eventually he got the
crews i!n-d up and save The word 90
Harvard caucht tho water first, 'ov
ing twenty-thrcc strokes for the rrst
half minute. while Yale I-t in tw,u',
Harvard got the jump and was lcal.u.
hN twenty f,sg M ~, frat an. 80 ~
which point she was rowing thirty-'gTt
a minute and Yale thirty-seven. II Wa
a beautiful race. Al the half mile mark
Harvard had three-Quarters Of a lcrr.H
on iale-tlm., . minute - seconds uui
Yale. . minut 90 seconds. Bott crews
were rowing thirty-four a minute. Na''
put Oh "A desperate squirt, gaining q ~
feet OF lost .round.
Yale Men Grttinu Tired.
As they reached the mile mark ia,s
bow was lasplrg Haiyard's ruddrr pos
time. Harvard. sos YALE.
Stroke Il Il. Brown OF Harvard was s..l
holdins the pace at ,hirty-four Str.ta
\. X, Hyatt OF Yale had low,i'I o..
thirty lie was throwing a~ mood
fore and AFT and rocking in tho uof' A.
though hr we've all in. There WI. ,
break in seven IN Yale's shell ~ rtv
reached th" mile and q half pos p
was open water seen etwcon the -'..
time. Harvard. 1:5l Vale. .52 iit-
ward WAS rowing thirty-four and va.
thirty
The race was practically an uta
Yale did not have a squirt lct' On rs
Til. men had rowcd themselves u3'. .
st!ll gamely stuck 10 ~" WotK 20 ''
hnish, Harvard winning hy two .t'-'
and rowing thirty-nine a minut" go ..
thirty-two. The uniformity ~ IIt'I
shell was far superior t. N,"s y
extreme long body swing Killed vas
chances, II time was NarvarI. 80 -
Yale. lo'27.
The reasOn that the froshWcn -0Hri
faster than tho seCord varsity Mas at
the tidc and WIND assisted t'c1. r''
over IN" lower Cours" than Il "a' -
second varsity in the uI,cr ,uI'-,