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3 : ¢ x Bi MAT. ATITURMNE WHEKLY badly disorganized, pulled them into form and began a heroic fight to make Yale’s lead as little as possible. Twice Harding straightened up and half con- sciously tried to do his part, but he had not an ounce of strength left and finally collapsed into insensibility. With the reduced speed in the Harvard shell, Yale with the stroke unchanged, shot ahead and at the three and a half mile flag was leading by considerably more than a length. From here to the finish Cameron pushed the stroke to 34 and with beautiful power and watermanship made the last half in 2 minutes and 43 seconds, one of the fastest last halves that has been rowed at New London for many years. This seemed to show, if nothing else, that there was plenty of strength left even after the hard three- miles’ struggle. The finish was: Yale, 21.12%; Harvard, 21.37%. . Harding did not recover conscious- ness till late in the afternoon. Dr. Darl- ing, the medical adviser of the Harvard Crew said he was not injured physically but that it would take him some days to recover from the exhaustion and severe strain. ae The Harvard Crew rowed as follows: bow, Biddle; 2, Bullard; 3, Wood; 4, Shuebruk* 5, Ladd: 6; Bancroft; -7; Sheafe (acting captain); stroke, Hard- ing; coxswain, Wadleigh. The Yale Crew rowed as follows: bow, Williams; 2, Wickes; 3, Nie- decken; 4, Kunzig; 5, Brock; 6, Allen (capt.); 7, Bladgen; stroke, Cameron; coxswain, Chittenden. The official time for the University race by half miles is given below: Dis. % t 3a%y 2 24 3 3% 4 Hary. 2.32 Yale 2.3326 5.10 7.5410.3f 12.28 15.32 18.29 21.12% The University Fours. The wind was blowing a smart breeze: from the southwest, when, five minutes after scheduled time of 11.30, the two University. Fours ‘came rowing towards _ the start both with their wash-boards on and prepared for the rough water down stream which could be seen every - here and there breaking into whitecaps. Both crews were ready at a quarter of twelve. vard caught the water with a blow so sharp that the boat jumped away ten feet or more before the Yale shell got moving, and before a hundred yards had been covered had put clear water be- tween the shells. Both strokes were in the nighborhood of 36 at the first of it, but Harvard lengthened out quickly and brought it down to 33. Yale held the higher stroke for a while, but the boat was unsteady and Hooker fell to the slow 32 which he kept for the greater part of the race. Considering the constant - changes made in the Yale Four almost to the very day of the race the men rowed remarkably well together, but there was not the savage drive in the boat that the Harvard men got and the latter kept crawling away. Harvard’s time at the half was 3 minutes 9 seconds, Yale’s 4 seconds slower, and at the mile the times were 6 minutes 30 seconds, and 6 minutes 37 seconds respectively. Yale had moved up a bit coming to the flag but Harvard with a little spurt put more space between the shells, rowing away with comparative ease. Yale’s stroke here fell to 30, as the water was very rough and was made worse by the reve- nue cutter Dallas, which had been fussing about, and finally thrashed across the course of the boats a quarter way down the second mile. It looked as though the shells might be filled, but both coxswains took the rollers well and got through with nothing more serious than being knocked slightly off their courses. Half a mile from the finish Harvard’s time was I0 minutes flat and Yale 10.13 or about three and a half lengths to the bad. From here to the end Yale spurted but Harvard with a lower stroke kept the positions about unchanged, crossing the finish line at the Navy Yard in 13 min- utes 22 seconds. Yale’s time was 13.334. The observation train on the East bank of the river was the only one to follow the race and as there were only a few yachts lying at the finish there was but a small demonstration. The Harvard Four rowed as follows: bow, Henderson; 2, G. Bancroft; 3, McConnell; stroke, Tilton; coxswain, Liows.* : | The Yale Four rowed as follows: bow, Lincoln; 2, Cross; 3, Mitchell; stroke, Hooker; coxswain, Armstrong. 5.10 7.57 10.33 12.31 15.3° 18.33 21.3735" At the crack of the pistol Har- The official time for the University Fours is given below in half miles: Distance \% zs’ 131% 2 MErvata....--«<2 3.09 6.30 10.03 13.22 Wale .... -cmnindain 3-13 6.37 10.13 13.35 2-5 The Freshman Race. Both the Harvard and Yale Freshmen had been carried to the starting point of their two-mile race—the Navy Yard— in their respective launches and they were ready to swing around to the stake- boats when the Fours had finished. The tide which runs here very swiftly, swing- ing towards the east shore, was now chopped up by the southwest wind and made the work of getting ready very tedious. Finally, after fifteen minutes of backing and rowing the two boats lay parallel with their bows straight down stream and the word was given. Per- haps there have been steadier and quicker starts made than the one the Harvard Freshman got, but they are very rare, even in the best trained crews. Every one of the eight oars got hold of the water in a flash and got hold of it so hard as to pick the craft almost out of the water. The boat shot away as though propelled by a screw, and, as in the preceding race, had open water be- fore the quarter was reached. Yale got a bad start, No. 6’s oar plunging and throwing the boat off its bottom but after a minute of the high stroke, the Eight settled down into a 33 swing that, so far as form and execution went, has hardly ever been excelled by a Fresh- man crew. did, even, rise and fall of the bodies that one expects in a well trained eight of long experience, the oars entering and leaving the water. at the same angle and -the same instant. But notwith- standing this beautiful work on Yale’s - part, Harvard was drawing away, using the same stroke that worked so effec- ‘tively with the Four, a savage bite into the water and a long sweep through it, with often a very ragged finish. At the half Harvard’s time was 2 minutes 40 seconds and Yale was 6 seconds behind. ~ For the next half it was a pretty struggle of Yale’s to overhaul her rival and she gave-as fine an exhibition of neat watermanship under bad conditions as one would wish to see from any crew. Still there seemed to be lacking the dash that characterized Harvard’s work and do what she might Yale could gain nothing. At the mile Yale had fallen back considerably, Harvard going over in.5.38 and Yale 15 seconds behmid. . A half mile further along, Yale had slightly increased her stroke but it was the signal There was the same splen- _ graceful oarsman. in the Harvard boat for a corresponding increase and the positions remained practically the same at the flag—8 min- utes 50 seconds for Harvard, and 9 min- utes 7 Seconds for Yale. In the last half mile Yale made a game struggle to close up the big gap. The stroke went to 34, but there was no strength in it, and Harvard continued to run away. The time at the finish was: Harvard 12.01, Yale 12.19%, fair time considering the head wind and choppy water. The Harvard Freshmen rowed as fol- lows: bow, Hartwell; 2, Foster; 3, Switzer; 4, McGrew; 5, James; 6, Whitwell; 7, Ayer; stroke, Roberts; coxswain, Litchfield. The Yale Freshmen rowed as follows: bow, K. Schley; 2, Strong; 3, Hewett; 4, Trumbull; 5, Brown; 6, Sargent; 7, R. Schley (capt.); stroke, Bogue; coxswain, Lounsbury. The official time for the Freshman two-mile race is given below in half miles: Distance yy I 1% 2 Parvere. osu sk 2.10 5.38 8.50 12.01 Vele-3 24 2.16 5:53 9.07 12.19 2-5 An account of the Yale celebration and dinner is given elsewhere. ~ a ees Captains Elected. As soon as the Yale Crew reached their quarters at Broadview after the race, Augustus Silliman Blagden, 1901 S. was elected Captain for next year. Mr. Blagden comes from Washington, D. C. He rowed on the Freshman Crew last year and was one of the sure men for this year’s University boat as early as Easter. .He is a véry-.powerful and He is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 173 pounds. Charles M. Sheafe, No..7, of the Har- vard 1900 Crew was elected Captain for next yeats Harvard Crew. He is a member of D. K. E. and the Hasty Pud- ding Club and comes from Seattle, Wash. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 167 pounds. Se JUNIOR PROM REPORT. Receipts Less, but Care in Expendi- ; tures Left a Surplus. The financial report of the Nineteen Hundred and One Junior Prom shows that the Prom of last January cost less. by nearly a thousand dollars than any of its predecessors of the last five years, and, although the receipts were smaller than they have been since 1894, the management, because of careful spend- ing, have a surplus of $1,157.84 to show. The itemized statement of receipts and expenses follow: RECEIPTS. Subscriptions from 1900.......$ 434.00 r from 1900S, ... 144.00 3 from IQOI ...... 1,031.00 " from 1901S. ... 396.00 . from 1902...... 494.00 Miscellaneous ..... Pisses. ve 254-45 Sale of boxes, 1901 and 1900 S.. 1,815.00 (en die sale 64 e ss a. cs 898.00 Tickets and dance orders...... 641.92 Kirk, for carriage contract..... 50.00 Cut oo GaR Mes emeeene ins saa 7 8 EI EXPENDITURES. Maresi, caterer. .......++2. +20 +1,597-03 C. E. Brown, caspenter:..°.... . 545.00 Landers: Musics. sa: 64} phew sere 10.00 Dreka,- printings: - dace ene ¥ és: 520.00 N. H. Decorating Co., crash.. 100.00 Koster, decorations. <..% -4<.<. . 400.00 Champion, floral decorations... 232.00 Armstrong, box furniture 200.00 Coat and dressing room service ~ 96.00 Ek: D,Stair, floor polishysi<exc « 65.00 Private police and door keepers. 89.00 Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Priiniee 3. pene eens i 53-20 Usher’s fees and suits......... 56.88 Aymoty.fenty i. s% eer ee 200.00 lristtrance On ALMOLy: <~ .52.5-% 50.00 Conmanies. TOONS <-.. 5.44 1s a 25.00 JanOr s SELVICES 3.2... even eos 85.00 N. H.. Electric Light ‘Co....... 86.00 Nijgaberstainer ao x: Wolle fa 5-45 Boys and attendance «... i.2 ss nego 11.00 Peed) GOLVIC GS. ins cn e te eee 40.00 Travermo EXPCNSES . .o5 5554-5 4.00 Miscetlancous. 32007 0.9 ete 19.97 us Gee oe kata as ake, 900.53 Sis Bliss. potas ol ocuae .. - $1,157.84 Paid for debt of 1901 Sopho- more German ........... 5f.9 215-00 Paid toward expenses of 1900 Finsor, German... 6s ives: - b. 286.00 Souvenir pins for committee... 81.00 Balance in First National Bank. 575.84 $1,157.84 Below is a table of receipts and ex- penditures of the Proms since 1895: Receipts. Expenses. Balance. 1895—$6,612.88 $5,489.45 $1,123.43 1896— 7,218.98 5,088.30 2,130.86 1897— 8,531.81 4,820.49 3,711.32 18908— 7,247.93 6,078.16 1,160.77 1900— 6,138.37 4,980.53 1,157.84 JLHE .oWiHsBU Re BACON:- CREW. From photograph in possession of Mr. Charles A. Tuttle of New Haven, which has just been framed by him and presented to the Trophy room of the Yale Gymnasium
