Republican farmer., 1919-06-27

In neither the freshman or iknior.
 varsity events was there open water
 visible between the shells at any
 period of the two-mile course and
 only the superior power and rowing
 form of Harvard enabled the Cam bridge oarsmen to triumph. The of
 ficial times in both races were as fol- lows:
 Freshman race: Harvard, 10:36 3-5; Yale, 10:37 1-5.
 Junior varsity: Harvard, 10:40 4-5; Yale, 10:41 4-5.
 A scant quarter shell length sep arated the first year crews when liar yard led the way across the finish line at the end of the two mile fresh man race. The Crimson youngsters were first to catch the water at the start, which was made under perfect weather conditions A west wind just rippled the waters of the Thames and the glare of the sun was softene6 by a film of cloud. Once in the van
 Harvard heightened her lead until at the half mile flags she was showing
 the way up river by a little less than
 a shell length. Both crews got away at a 36 stroke but Harvard dropped to 32 at the half while Yale was row. ing a beat higher.
 Yale spurted and put more force in her blade work and cut down Har- yards lead in the second half of the first so that at the halfway mark Harvard's advantage was less than three-qurter length Here Yale was rowing harder but Harvard got better results from her smoother blade work. The challenge of the Blue, however, had it's effect upon Harvard for as the rival shell crept up on the Crimson the Cambridge oarsmen lost some of their form so that near the finish both eights were rowing a slugging and irregular stroke.
 It was a gallant effort on the part of the Yale youngsters but their ri
 yals had too much in reserve and
 swept across the finish line with just about a fifth of a length to mark
 their victory. Yale showed the re- suit of the spurt for, rowing a 32 stroke to Harvard's 30, three of the eight oarsmen went down just after the shell lost headway. The col lapse was only momentarily, how
 ever, and both eights padded away
 soon after the customary exchange of cheers.
 The junior varsity race was even
 closer for the greater part of the dis
 tance and at times the two shells ap-
 peared to be travelling through the
 water with bow aligned. Weather conditions changed rapidly between the events and the juniors got away amid thunder and flashes cf lightning. Yale got the jump at the pistol report and it was not until quarter mile ilad been rowed that Harpord drew up on even terms. F-orl this point 1t
 was a hard battle for the lead and the Cambridge crew was but 3-5 of a sec ond ahead at the half mile. Both were stroking at 30 and there was
 little difference in form. Although | maintaining the same position at the
 mile Yale had begun to splash and by the sheer power of her blade work was holding her place along side the i Harvard she'll
 Half a mic from the finish the rain burst on the crews and spectators alike and the race ended in a drench- 1 ing downpour and with darkness so back that yachts and river buoy car ried lights. Like the freshman con- test the junior event ended in a | thrilling sprinting finish in which every oarsman put his last ounce of ! strength into his stroke, but again Harvard got more power out of her drive and crossed the line with about a quarter length margin, just one second separating the bows of the racing craft according to the official timers watch. The rain appeared to refresh the oarsmen for although they were badly pumped out, but one
 man went down in the Harvard shell after the race and he was quickly re- vived.
 Driving horses and also golf balls was the means of winning a num- Der of trophies. but when the de- mand came for silver she was the | first to turn in her collection to be melted up. Now she must start all | over again. She has made a good beginning, winning the metropolitan. | Undoubtedly she will be one of the
 favorites to win the womans cham | pionship at Shawnee.