Show CAMBRIDGE WINS BY TWO IE LENGTHS Get et the Better of Harvard at Start and Is Never Headed AMERICAN CREW STRONGER FINISH FRESH WHILE ENGLISH ENGLISHMEN ENGLISHMEN ENGLISHMEN MEN COLLAPSE Putney Sept S boat race be between tween Harvard and nd Cambridge universities ties which was by the tho Englishmen V by two t YO length was probably tho most surprising over rowed on the Thames not nt so o much because of oC the result but butth th thA WRY way In which It was wu rowed as had been feared by b Harvard and hoped for or by Englishmen K gt t aw away y the better securing a lend lead which increased to three lengths length Hammersmith Hummer mIth bridge Both crews n s the thY went under the bridge were row rowing ing ln steadily at strokes tc t I P minute neither ncR her apparently exerting Itself 1 lr Suddenly Harvard commenced to tous toj us j more power and although Cambridge had hitti the race won and had the e of or water conditions the tho latter was as Compelled to increase their stroke 1 li 11 and finished a n tired out r rw w Donaldson was ready to collapse urn It 11 He id in the bow was nearly nearl a had bad The rhe remainder of the th crow crew pad died the boat bont to the landing stage The Harvard men on the other hand were quite fresh fre h and took their boat oat across AcrON the river at a brisk rate rateS S English Stroke Superior English EnlI h sports POrt say sy ay there Is but one ox ex for tor the result that of at super superiority of English and the stroke Harvard was ws wa one ond on of the finest fi t crows physically ph ever seen on the river but was WS unable to overcome that training which English oarsmen oar men receive 4 BY CAPTAIN FILLEY 4 4 There is no rn n question that the better crew rt w won We Ve re have nothing to say sayto 4 4 to the th contrary Had the race rACO been f rowed from Mortlake to Putney in instead stead lead of as a it was the result r sult would 4 have hae been bern the sump sume I am sorry we weid 4 did 1111 id not row a better race f e t from irIm c The Cambridge crew too had in Stuart one oue of the best strokes England has produced It has ha also had Th advantage of ot choice of side ide but butt ili t hp 5 who know the th river best be t say MY this n WI t little in Iii their theli favor with the tide l wind ac 81 a they the were today The crowd which lined the banks from to tn Mortlake massed med on bridges lutR And balconies b s and weighed down the branches of or trees tree was a record gath gathering ath ering fer for recent years ars To estimate the number of persons who ho witnessed the contest 1 t would be Impossible Impo but they in unbroken strings for four 1111 miles on either r side of the rt rier cr Of or Americans there were hundreds ill dl showing the Harvard colors chiefly in i specially chartered boats bonts The crini crim F r fn n ii however only showed in splashes i mid the endless a display of o the thc light blue I tf r Cambridge ambridge When hen the light blues were an n to have hAV gained an advantage a at the tart f a great rent cheer went wont up from the tho wd on Putney bridge re In Fulham T irk ark and on the Putney tow path It ItaC aC taken up by bv thou those farther r along and 0 without interruption to tn the end n rf f the t hf race when there was WIS a final tre tret t lit u outburst t from the people ople on J 11 bridge the excursion steamers amer at the finish b and thousands on ont thousands t iwu ands who tho bad had gathered l at Mort kC Experts Back Cambridge The rIse majority of or the expert opinion gave tb final verdict in favor of ot Cambridge Vivian the old Oxford oars onra oarsman oarsman man and quite a number of other past put masters mastera in the art of oC rowing rowina bet heavily fn n Harvard Although in some quarters patriotic pride drove the Cambridge e stock tock up to toa toA a high hl h as iao to SO ou th tb the light blues most niost of or the betting was wu done at nearly nearl 4 Of 11 II I ure As the afternoon advanced crowds crowd gathered at the starting and stretched along the river riverBY 6 4 BY COACH IA 4 The Tho Harvard men made up the 4 4 h st crew ever ent sent out from the theT 4 4 T States With another year and 4 0 little more of the th English Engli h style 4 6 4 the th Harvard Hanard men will be dangerous 4 4 rival I hope the Americans will fa faor a aVor 4 4 Vor or r us Uti with another visit o 18 s tar fur as the eye could reach roach tee tea tf in to the fact that the sporting in r nets f of o the British public had been d i routed as a they the had seldom eldom been aroused arou d dore tore fore The rhe throngs were wholly cosmo i and cheered with equal oqual ism all appearances of tb wearers of ofT T ti ie crimson or of ot the blue Breeze Freshens at Start i rhe he breze breese freshened somewhat as the thet t mr lne m for fur the starting of 01 the race ap approached approached I and there was much eagerness to tu ascertain which crew was the winner 11 f r the toss ton for positions as WI it was VAS cal that the choice of the Surrey side sider f r the river might give ghe the lucky luck crew an ani i of ot s much as 8 a length The Harvard men man took an early after n on siesta arriving at the libat b ot house at p m They The were smiling and looked contented as they donned their rae rac racing InS ing Each man stripped and then put on a pair pall of or white canvas c knee e pants and a flimsy tUrns sweater their muscles stand standing lug ing out firmly beneath their scanty rac rae racing racIng ing lug clothes As the Americans stepped into their frail trail craft they presented a picture of ot sturdy development and endur arre aree Without being big mono mon they had the tho fine lines linos of or thoroughbreds and the pink pinkness ness fleas of ot skin skill denoting good condition They smiled good In acknowledge acknowledgement ment of the applause with which their ap api appearance a was wu greeted and seemed imbued with plenty plent of ot confidence and stamina Boats Get Away Quickly The fh two boats quickly got into position and R B C Lehman Lohman the starting umpire administered the usual caution and a n mo 4 FIRST IN YEARS 4 4 Putney Sept 8 The race between f 4 Harvard and Cambridge today ov over OYer r 4 tho the famous old f course ourse on the tho Thames a n narrow f winding wind InS waterway four tour and three i 4 eighths miles In length was tho the first 4 dual intercollegiate race rowed bo be between 4 tween American and English crews crows 4 6 in years In 1869 Har liar Harvard 4 vard yard sent a n four tour to Putney to meet 4 4 Oxford In a dual contest The En English 4 4 lIsh glish crew was victorious by nearly nearl f 4 four tour lengths Toda s dual race was wa 4 the first between British and Amerl Amen 4 can university eights and 4 has Ins opened the tho way way for tor or many 4 4 similar contests In the future t ment later luter at p m a pistol shot sent the th two racing shells away to an admirable admirable admirable able start I Although the Cambridge oarsmen struck the water only twenty times in the first utI minute to arvard a 22 the th nose of ot ott otI t C I |