Show I YALE VALE WON ALL THREE RACES RAGE Result Attributed to Superiority t of the Stroke r CRIMSON MADE HARD FIGHT o B CROWD AT OLD REW LONDON LONDONI I Mow London Conn June JUDe S For the rrt time tilDe ti on OD record Yale today toda triumphed over Harvard to In all alt three of their oat boat races re in the annual regatta on the Thames Themes The wearers of the ue blue won the u varsity race re by OF three I and ad boat lengths the race r by two and a Quarter lengths and the varsity I race by bv one ODe and a hat half lengths le j In aJI aU all three w races race v sj Harvard a e put j I I l UD UP a 3 fight and aDd went w down M to defeat after lter gallant struggles In Ia which her boys rowed oat out Ute the th last lt ounce of ot their strength treaua The official time te of ot the races was waa w as aa follows follow Var tty race Tale ale 3 minutes 19 U I 45 seconds Harvard 20 I 9 minutes 29 21 2 55 35 3 sec eec seconds oude on Freshman race Yale minutes 43 15 IS seconds Harvard 9 minutes 48 35 see sec second ond onda 0 Varsity race ra Yale YIe 10 min minutes mInu utes u 6 5 t 25 Ji econ la Harvard 11 U minutes 18 ie 16 is seconds Opinion of Experts three e e victories are attributed by the experts ex to t the tile superiority of the tile stroke Yale by John Jobu Kennedy over that taught Harvard by her er graduate coaches So far tar a physical form was wa concerned there was ws no choice between 4 the crews except pt with the possible ble ex W exception cep that the Yale freshmen out Outweighed weighed their Harvard rivals by over seven seVeD pounds u per man lean The race was a surprise The freshmen freshman race Mae bad had been conceded ed to Yale Tale while the race was also Riven to Yale in the great gret majority of the Record Crowd The greatest greateR great crowd that ever came to this thIa quiet old harbor town tow by T ratS ran and nd water saw w Harvard go dOwn te to defeat It seemed MelDed as If Jt no amount of had bed weather and threatening en skies could Id keep keen away from New London The sky was fluff duX and leaden with the wind cold enough for overcoats oarsmen at their Quarters warmed themselves th before greet great log fires in preparation on for the theof struggles of the t e day By 1038 1035 the wind was blowing fresh and aDd an clear elear and except for tor the chill chili of the air ah the condition were WIre Ideal Meal for boat best racing Over OYer the last three mites edlEs of the varsity course uree JOG of f tIN tile t et yachts that float In hi American Amerlean waters were wera We swinging at anchor gay py y with the J c colors of oC Yale Tale and Harvard Without a Hitch Bitch Referee William the old okI Columbia Colombia oar n mn at ll U Ua notified the crews crew te to set Zt t ready rendy In three minutes tune time the th tb varsity race was begun and aRCI by 1 I 3 the Mr bg varsity race was under way The three events for lor which h the blue and aDd the crimson had bad trained for six frix months bs had bad been disposed di of ot in Lu a trifle over two hours without a break b or a single incident to mar any an one of the races The stOry of the varsity tty r race will live livelong livelong long lOD In to the annals of college boating Harvard H left led 1 Yale to t the mile nib and anda a half baIt flag fla Over OYer the first mile It looked like Harvard For the past ten days the coaches of 0 both crews cres have said aId that the tile race would be finished within the tINt fleet two mUse mite I With Ith the Yale crew suffering from recant shifts and changes the Etta Ells were afraid that It If Harvard led for a mile Yale would lose lee e her stroke and would never I Jd get f t ft It back a Strong Stroke Last night nt ht John Kennedy toM told his crew that they must t strike a eI sr minute stroke and aBd hold It right thrown the race no difference what happened It takes tall good headwork headword and lots IOUi of nerve to row ro a lower tower stroke than crew when the other crew is leading But this ic ii Jut Just about what whit Yale Yae did this afternoon Harvard got away at thirty tl five strokes to the minute Yale Yae y at thirty two Harvard Hanard had decidedly the best t of oC the start and by the end of the first half J mile mite was leading Yale Tale by half halt a boat length Captain put the stroke up p to Harvard reached the teat flag tIac in 2 15 Yale in 31 25 15 coxswain got out of oC his courser course r for a short distance dl and had a narrow escape from hitting the first flam ar Over the second Harvard held beAd her lead over oyer Yale Stroke Bo Boue ue dropped the blues stroke to Harvard seemed to think that she had a grip crip on Yale and aDd Captain McGrew eased h hi stroke down lown c wn to Harvard s 8 time e for the first t mile e woe was R 51 4 Yale y s was SM l S It was ea a remarkable e coin eota that Harvard over this U held mold her ber lead without varying It by T even evena a fraction traction of a second EUs Plis Crept Up The third however showed that Harvard could not lint hold Yale without rowing a higher stroke effort over OM the first t mile had bad begun to tell on the nerves of the crimson eight Little bv by little boat bOa began to creep up on onu 0 u Mf Just T io before th the mile mil and at A I half flag the shells mells were were even and an by the time the ms flag was reached Yale had wrested WIe ted the lead away from her old d rival rhaL The Tile blue reached the flag in 7 0 minutes minutest V t and 40 48 seconds leading Harvard by two seconds or 01 more DIOre than half hatt a boat oat length Harvard H raised her bel stroke to thirty three but still sun Yale went ahead without raising hers bers above Shouts Per For Yale Tale TaleThe The long observation ob trains had bad been be D rattling and aDd roaring with the cheers for Yale Yah and nd Harvard Now it certainly seemed as though these theBe two moving mo grand stands n burst into one great shout for Yale The e coaches had ha said that J the therace therace race would be over at the halfway point l but ut t was not DOt Yale reached the two twomile twomIle twomile mile flag off the navy yard in 16 10 mis mes utes 3 seconds with Harvard hard on her heels beels only 4 26 W seconds second behind There was Just half balt a of clear water between the th two shells Harvard was not yet vet et whipped She had held her r stroke at while wb e Yale after getting the lead had bad dropped hers here down to thirty one The crimson eight ht were rowing without a break and their long lo easy stroke still looked powerful The only question was whether Harvard could put her stroke up again and hold it for tor a amile amile mile more The Tb next h t decided ns Que UVIl A Iwu UI 01 raising ncr stroke Harvard was compelled to drop T dg beck back to o gait at a t The result was that Yale reached the two and anda a flag flar in 12 1 minutes minute 2316 22 16 15 sec sac seconds seconds cods leading Harvard by S 45 seconds Then Tor for the that first time Yale began to look reasonably sure of a victory viCtor She was leading the crimson by Just a trifle trine less len than two s Won At the th threemile flag Yale had bad in increased increased creased her lead to nine Dine seconds and aDd had bad c practically won the race time for forth forthe th the three miles was 14 minutes 50 25 sec seconds ends Harvard 14 minutes 59 U 25 seconds Harvard hi in passing the threemile flag flaar made m e her bel last spurt spun to get back her bet lead ir Although he was reeling in liz his baa and aDd the Harvard crew was splashing wa ter tar in his face Captain McGrew raised lila his stroke up to thirtyfour to the tue minute but even at that gatt gait Harvard could not catch Yale For a few strains s the Rev Har Harvard HUvard vard rard shell hell trained med a trifle but b before the three and a flag was wag reached Captain McGrew had been compelled to droo back to a two gait gaH Harvard was now tired and aDd Yale Vale to gain cain on every stroke Yaws Yale s time fot for the three and II a half balt miles mUe was 14 SO se and andU U 5 Harvard HalYa 4 14 A minutes 5 59 and 25 26 seconds s Over Ovet th thu half hair mile idle Yale bad hai increased ed her heT lead by four and one ball haJt seconds J JAt At the Finish It was nas 88 now only a question qu of boat lengths I Harvard cheers had died away Hod d the broad Thames now resounded grand Yale Yale l from ron the Ow deck of ot MC ck the ea CAO eanon eanon non were booming forth In tn salute to the t victors sad and a for the vanquished Finally the tha flag dropped at the finish and the c watches recorded 1 l 45 for Yale and 36 55 3 for Harvard It was Vas Ys race by three good boat beef lengths a dose e hard finish within 9 2 45 4 seconds of the Ute fastest ste t time Ume that any crew has ever made on a oi the Thames course who had hed rowed for Harvard Hanard ag as gallant a vane race as any DY man maD ever rowed fer fec ar any aay college fell over ove limp on his oar os white while Duffy Dufty sank down in the shell train from s exhaustion e Swaim at bow had bad also rowed roV ro out the last ounce of Ms power ww and his oars dropped from frosa his hili Yale strong with the nerve nerv which vie vic tory gives pulled on em below the great for two or three boat lengths before re her coxswain called his men inca to toast toBt ast mt Then a remarkable incident happened Stroke Dope Bogee who woo bad had rowed like a demon all eli the tIM day threw his oar out from m his chest cheat ch sad and sprang sang from his seat eat h Into to the th river uA A men man overboard o yelled the tile crowd as Bogue came casio up from tro his bIB plunge lid end struck out like a race racehorse horse berm to meet the Yale Tale launch which was wa coming down clown the course coar e Head Coach K ae sad and Joint John Kennedy met Bogus Bogne half halt way and pulled him into the launch The Tire Yale stroke after that long race race was apparently y as fresh as when he be started into it Freshmen l Made Aade ade Record The Tho story of 0 the freshman rena to III that I of a sling sprint by stalwart young I stare with Harvard clinging to their th lr heels heals in I a plucky fight The Ells Ella finished the two miles in 41 15 1 breaking the theold theold theold old record of et which has bas stood since ince IMS Harvard Herva also broke the old record this afternoon Her time for tor the two miles mUes was 35 Yale led Harvard at atthe t the finish by just juat about one and one ne quarter boat lengths In the varsity four event Harvard I gave Yale Yate Ya another terrific struggle In Inthis InU Inthis U this sacs n the th Ells Bile Els had to make mke a vigor vigorous Otis ous 01 fight ft to t get the lead led Yale started vr off oft at a p stroke Harvard Had a a at thir Although contrary to their In Instructions Instructions su the t Yale four tour stuck stuk to this thi gait to the te end e of the and a never neve pt sot pt down Anam dow tn to t their normal nral mit of oC thirty two strokes to the te minute until the te end eM ed of ot the th mile ml and a alaf half Harvard H started ste In at a tits an and A held bel it for almost mo a A mile when wen she se had hd to drop down to tb tto Yale Yae finished the first frt half bat mile m In 2 15 Harvard Harr in 2 35 15 time tiM for the mile mie was w 53 45 Hards time for the te mile mie and an a half ht hta was us a 8 JS Has 83 8 Yale finished in 1 iG 26 25 2 Harvard in 1110 11 15 Ii Yale Ya won wont the race actual measurement by one and t r atu a boat b lengths leJ The Te two to crews cew flubbed finished tD in fine tR form for without a break throughout the te entire two muse miles ml The T time ti meby Yale eatables estables a new ne record for fo this t event on the Thanes Thames Tae j Captains Elected ec ed edew Sew ew London June Jun 36 At the ti election which wb took t place at at the te Harvard Har tare after the th pace races rc H H G m St 9 of Honolulu captain and an stroke stoke of ot the th crew cre was wa unanimously elected elt captain of the varsity vart crew ce for forthe forthe the next year ear earT The T a varsity ro rower eJ elected W S SC Cross C of Fitchburg Mass Ma captain |