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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.
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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
