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WEREEKLY
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At a quarter after six the observation
trains on the East and West side of the
Tiver ran to their positions opposite the
start of the four-mile course, the former
crowded in its 26 cars to the very last
inch, and seeming from the river to be
covered with crimson. Although the
train stood full in the rays of the setting
sun the more somber blue of Yale was
hardly to be distinguished, being
swallowed up in the brilliant and pre-
dominating color of the day. At this
hour a very slight breeze was stirring
down stream, where the sun flashed on
the polished brass fittings and the
tapering spars of hundreds of yachts
swinging at anchor on each side of the
course below the Navy Yard. ‘he tide
was at the strong ebb.
During the preliminaries of getting
instructions and being placed in their
positions by the referee, Yale on the
East and Harvard on the West, a con-
tinuous volley of cheers and cries min-
gled with the lively airs of a band play-
ing at Red Top, rolled across the river
to the little cove where sixteen unheed-
ing men were preparing for the great
struggle.
THE START.
At 35 minutes and 25. seconds past
six the usual questions having been
asked: “Are you ready, Harvard?”
“Are you ready Yale?’ and being
answered in the affirmative, the referee’s
pistol was fired and the race was on.
Both crews got a good start and jumped
away at about 36 strokes. In thirty
seconds they had dropped a point and
were racing side by side as one crew,
the sixteen men catching, finishing and
recovering in unison. For nearly 200
yards this remarkable -sight was wit-
nessed, while the boats hung alongside
of each other as if connected fore and
aft. But coming to the half-mile Yale
seetned to drive each stroke a little
harder and passed the flag, the official
time said, 1 second, or about 17 feet in
the lead. It is doubtful, however, if it
was more than half that distance.
Prophets had said that Harvard
would be leading here, but they missed
their calculation by something like I00
yards, for it was at that distance further
along that she slipped by, rowing easily
at 34 to the minute with Yale a point
higher. At the mile the conditions of
the half were exactly reversed, accord-
ing to the official time, Yale being 17
feet or thereabouts to the rear. Be-
tween the mile and the mile and a half,
the Harvard shell drew away an addi-
tional length and, when half the course
was run, had a comfortable lead of a
length of open water.
NOT THE. KIND TO TIRE.
Here again the knowing ones had
said Yale would begin to show her
strength and staying powers, and it was
here she was picked to tire out her
Cambridge opponents. A glance along
that smoothly running Harvard ma-
chine from the close quarters of the
Aquilo’s deck gave no promise of much
likelihood of such a thing coming to
pass. Clean straight lines in backs and
blades met the eye. The oars swung
back with great precision, caught the
water at the farthest reach with amaz-
ing vigor, and were pulled cleanly
through to a long and unhurried finish.
Yale, on the other hand, began to show
signs of fatigue in both the inboard and
outbroad work, and rushing § slides
checked the speed of the powerful
strokes. Her blades moreover, seemed
to hang an instant on the extreme reach
and the boat was sluggish and heavy, not
much like a-winning boat. Besides all
this, two of the best oars in the boat
had by this time pulled themselves
“out.” Williams and Brown both had
severe stomach trouble, two or three
days before the race, and the hot pace
of the first mile had brought it back.
But this was not the reason.
From the Navy Yard to the three-
mile flag Yale did some of her worst
and some of her best rowing. "When the
two miles whisked by, there seemed to
be a momentary gathering ‘of energies
in her Eight and for nearly a half-mile
they gained slowly foot by foot. It was
too great an effort however, and Har-
vard took up her advance again, rowing
with beautiful form a stroke of 34, that
was a marvel of nicety. At the three
~miles she led by nearly three lengths
and watched with equanimity the last
desperate effort of her rival to keep up
with a stroke two points higher than
her own. With half a mile to go, Har-
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vard, perhaps remembering reversed
conditions on many a similar roaring
lane, spurted to the end with splendid
power and a skill with her oars that
A hundred and fifty
yards from the finish, through wretched
policing of the course, a dozen small
boats had been permitted to crowd
directly into the course of the Harvard
shell. How Coxswain Wadleigh avoided
a disastrous collision is a mystery. He
was obliged to swerve suddenly, but
he cleared his blade tips by five feet and
passed over the line a winner by five
lengths and a half. The time was
20.5214, the fastest figure ever made by .
a Harvard crew in a Thames race.
Yale, weary and without hope, rowing
heavily in her unaccustomed place, but
struggling hard to make it a little less
bitter, crossed the finish at 21.13.
The official times at the different
points were:
DISTANCE. HARVARD. YALE,
PION eo ae es. 2m, 30% Ss. 2m, 29% s.
MG otic e: copa ee 5m. 7% 5S. 5m. 8%s.
Mile and half......-..- 7m. 38 S. 7m.42 §
AMWO. Milles, .3225 ene 10M.17_ S. 10 M, 24% S.
Two miles and half...12m.1i2_ s. 12m.26 s&s.
Three: miles. sc2.462225 15m.26 §, 1540,35-3,
Three miles and half..18m. 5%s. 18m.18 Ss.
21m.13 «S.«
Finish: 2 3: {20.38 boo. 20m. 524 8.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Age. Weight. Height.
Bow. Harding... 21 164 5-8
BS ENVANS 246 a a ee 20 158 5-8
37 O00 354% Gkv es Sana 20 176 5-8
WT toh eos on ae 20 176 6-1
Bo IOAWTONICE. .:. Suwanee. ot - 173-62
Or eae TOI gees keke 19 174 62
7. SUNGATe Aes 24 168 6-1
Stroke. Higginson, (C.)21 162 6-1
Coxswain. Wadleigh..20 102 5-4
YALE UNIVERSITY.
Age. Weight. Height.
Bow. Greenleaf ....... 2I 170 6-
WICKES 2 ys a 20 168 5-II
2, AGHIBWOKE ins sca 22 175 61
Be OU i ok is ves 23 168 6
S. DEOWI oe ead bs Ig I90 62
6. Allen, 2UGapt.) ... 5... 21 18 6-
7. Niedecten... <5 ai.5 21. 171 6-1
Stroke. Williams .....20 160 5-10
Coxswain. Walton ....22 115 -5-9
The officials of the day were: Referee,
W. H. Meikleham, New York; Judges
on the Parthenia, or judges’ boat, G. S.
Mumford; Harvard, and Dr: E. PF.
Gallaudet, Yale; Timers, J. J. Stor-
row, Harvard, and Alfred Cowles,
Yale; Judges at finish, Richard Arm-
strong, Yale, and F. L. Lowe, Harvard.
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_ Capt. Allen Re-elected.
Captain F. W. Allen,1900, of the Uni-
versity Crew was reélected for next
year at a meeting of the eight men
shortly after the race. The election is
satisfactory to the undergraduates, who
have every confidence in Mr. Allen.
INTER-UNIVERSITY MEET
Wale and Harvard Teams Arrive in
England in Good Health.
The members of the Yale and Har-
vard Track Teams sailed for England
on the American Line steamer St.
Louis, July 5, and, according to press
reports, arrived at Southampton, Wed-
nesday evening, July 12, in excellent
health. No sickness among the men is
reported during any part of the trip. A
large number of Yale and Harvard
students and graduates accompanied the
teams.
The names of the twenty-two men,—
thirteen from Harvard and nine from
Yale—who were finally picked to repre-
sent these Universities in the games
with Oxford and Cambridge, together
with the events, are as follows:
100 yards dash—F. A. Blount, Yale;
-C. Dupee, Yale; J. T. Roche, Harvard;
and F. J. Quinlan, Harvard.
Quarter-mile run—D. Boardman and
T. R. Fisher, both of Yale.
Half-mile run—T. E. Burke, Harvard,
and J. P. Adams of ' Yale. :
Mile tun—C.. B..Spitzer and H. P.
Smith, both of Yale.
Three-mile run—H. P. Clark and H.
W. Foote, both of Harvard, and C. K.
Palmer, Yale.
Broad jump—C. D. Daly and C.
Edgell, both of Harvard.
Weights—W. A. Boal and H. J.
Brown, both of Harvard. ~
High jump—A. N. Rice and C. M.
Rotch of Harvard.
Hurdles—F. Z. F. x and J. W. Hallo-
well of Harvard and W. M. Fincke of
Yale.
MAKE-UP OF ENGLISH TEAM.
At the inter-university athletic meet-
ing held in London, Saturday, June 24,
the following men were selected to
compose the English team:
too yards dash—Oxford, C. H.
Thomas; Cambridge, A. L. Hind.
Quarter-mile run—Oxford, A. M.
Hollins; Cambridge, C. G. Davidson.
Half-mile run—Oxford, C. F. W.
Streuben; Cambridge, H. E. Graham.
Mile run—Oxford, R. B. Arnold and
A. L. Dawson; Cambridge, A. Hunter.
Three-mile run—Oxford, A. R. G.
Wilberforce; Cambridge, H. W. Work-
man and A. Winterbotham.
High jump—Oxford, H. S. Adair and
_E. H. V. Brooke.
Broad jump—Oxford, G. C. Vassal;
Cambridge, L. R. O. Bevan.
Hammer throw—Oxford, J. OD.
Greenshields; Cambridge, L. O. T.
Baines.
‘High hurdles—Oxford, H. R. Parks;
Cambridge, W. Paget Tomlinson.
Although the records of the Yale-
Harvard athletes seem to be somewhat
lower on the whole than those of the
men they will meet, there is a general
impression on this side of the Atlantic
that they will be beaten by a small
margin.
Hopkins Grammar School, °75
An informal breakfast, in honor of
Mr. W. L. Cushing, Yale ’72, and to
members of the Hopkins Grammar
School, Class of Seventy-Five. who
were pupils of Mr. Cushing, was given
by oie: te ds Willard: Hi sGe S. 27s,
and Yale ’70, at the New Haven House,
Tuesday morning, June 27.
The following members of H. G. $.
75, and Yale 79, were present: Wil-
liam W. Bailey, New Haven; Ralph
Barker, New York; T. R. Barnum, New
Haven; W. L. Bruen, Washington, D.
C.; Julian W. Curtiss, New York; Dr.
W. B, James, New York; George S.
Lindé, New Haven; C. H. Levermore,
Dreowiyn, N.. Y.; M: M.. McKenzie,
Wéew Haven; Rev. C. L.. Merriam,
Lowell, Mass.; H. D. Newton, Norwich,
Moe 4. wy. tities, New York; H. K.
Wind. vasnington, DD. C.; W. H.
Moseley, New Haven, and L. M. Fos-
ter of Fort Wayne, Ind., and G. W. F.
Kirchney of New York, Yale ’79.
The following toasts were informally
responded to, Dr. W. B. James intro-
ducing the speakers in an unusually
happy manner:
1, The ‘‘Best of Teachers,”
| Wm. Lee Cushing.
Qe G. S: 175,” Ralph Barker.
3. “The Grammar School of 1875 and
of To-day, Mr. Ryder.
4. ‘The Clergy,” Rev. W. L. Bruen.
5. “The Profession of Teaching,”
Prof. C. H. Levermore.
At the conclusion of the breakfast,
with Mr. Julian W. Curtiss as Flag
Bearer, the party adjourned to the
Grammar School steps, where a photo-
graph was taken.
Through the courtesy of Dr. W. B.
James, each member of the group was
presented with a picture. Letters of re-
gret were received from Rev. W. C.
Merntt: ‘Tacoma’ ~ Wash: Kev. A. C.
Dill, Chazy, New York; Mr. George
P. Whittlesey, H. G. S. ’74, and Yale
78, and others.
The success of the breakfast reunion
was due largely to the untiring efforts
and great interest and cooperation of
Mr. Cushing and Dr. James.
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Senior Festivities.
The Senior promenade, which was
held in Alumni Hall Monday night,
June 26, was as usual a very delightful
affair, and was largely attended. The
dance orders were of heavy white silk
with the Yale seal in gold on the out-
side. This committee was in charge:
CA; Brayton; 3. 2. iawrence, RK. E.
Forrest, W. Noyes,’ H. C. Callahan,
B. H. Evans, and W. D. Kountze.
After the Glee Club concert on Tues-
day night the Senior german was
danced at Alumni Hall. The favors
were pretty and useful.