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Show HARVARD 18 THE VICTOR Defeats Yale in Rowing Contesls on the Thames .New London, June SO. Harvard I clouted up the Thames this morning with two decisive victories Over Yale. The crimson freshmen elght-oared crew bedl tho youngsters from New i Haven by three lengths and the liar- vard 'Varsity four bettered this performance per-formance a little later by row ing away from Yale in the last eighth mile of a surprising race and finishing four lengths In the lead, j A quartering down-stream breeze. I which rose to clht knots an hour before I bo second race began, cut I down the time and, although both thei 'w inning crews were strong, loth j racev were slow. The lime was" j freshmen eight Harvard, 11:51. Yale, 12:02. . 'Varsity four Harvard. l.'J:00 12, ! Yale. 13: IS. I Harvard won the Varsity four-oared four-oared race In sensational manner. Yale caught the water first and dashed dash-ed out nearly a length ahead in the first fifty yards. Open water showed between the boats at the eight-mlli? mark and remained so until cheers from one of the Harvard class boats I nerved the Crimson oarsmen to a spurt and they lapped Yale a quarter quar-ter of a mile further along Approaching Approach-ing the half mile, Yale sprinted and took a- lead of a full length, then soeinod content with the advantage and dropped back to a long, easy I stroke. I At tho three-quarters Harvard again lapped Yale's shell, but dropped back again and Yale was half a length ahead at the mile. Then came the wonderful spurt that showed how much the Cambridge men had been ' holding In reserve. Gradually they raised their stroke another point and closed the gap In the eighth of a mile, they moved up more than two lengths and nt this distance from homo, began to leave Yale behind at every stroke. The record for this race is 10 : 12. made by Harvard In 1904. |