ginning to end was a contest between the Harvard stroke and the Yale stroke, and the latter, with a much less number to the minute, demonstrated its irrefutable superiority. A Harvard crew coached in the stroke of this year will never win from a Yale crew coached in their present stroke; that is, of course, assuming the initial material to be more or less on a par. "In other words, Harvard can never win from Yale until they lengthen their stroke, and, above all, improve their leg-work. Throughout the entire four miles of the race I kept my glasses moving from the blades and the legs of one crew to those of the other. It was a study that revealed to me, as it would to any student of rowing, why Harvard, pulling thirty-eight strokes to the minute, was being left steadily behind by Yale rowing thirty-five. The Harvard blades went into the water like a series of long-handled scoops; they dabbed at the water as though each man's idea was to throw a bladeful behind him, and the legwork was neither timely nor strong. The Yale blades sank into the water, gripping it instantly, and, accompanied by a strong drive with the legs, were pulled through with a power that sent the shell ahead swiftly, and with no checks between strokes. The Harvard boat went along with a lesser check between strokes than is usually the case. They rowed in good Harvard form, but pulled a losing stroke. "It is no information to oarsmen to be told that a short stroke and weak leg-work must lose, all other things being equal, to a longer stroke and strong leg-work. It is ancient history, and for that reason the more remarkable that Harvard has persistently disregarded it. For years Harvard men have been struggling to attain a definite rowing policy; season after season has found them dissatisfied with the various strokes and the coaches that have labored with their crews. Last winter the first sensible step in rowing was taken by agreeing to have one coach, and to follow his instructions for three years. This settlement upon a definite policy showed that Harvard had at length become alive to the instability of her previous rowing methods. In the choice of Mr. Watson, Harvard put her rowing in the hands of one of the ablest of her old oarsmen, and that the confidence was not misplaced the handling of this year's crew by Mr. Watson has thoroughly demonstrated. If ever a coach labored under difficulties Mr. Watson certainly has this year. Sickness and one cause or another led to disappointment after disappointment, and that his crew should, after all, have rowed in such good form is highly creditable to himself and to the men in the boat. Mr. Watson coached the crew in the best Harvard form, and the men rowed throughout the four miles in that form. That Harvard form is not winning form every Harvard man, including Mr. Watson himself, must be convinced after Friday's race. There is now but one thing for Harvard to do, and if Mr. Watson is the discerning coach I take him to be, he will forsake Harvard rowing traditions, which have been shattered utterly, and found a new school after the one which Yale has so successfully followed for the last dozen years. "Of the race itself there is little to be said. Contrary to their custom of the last few years, Harvard did not make the usual dash at the start for the lead. Yale did, however, and went to the front with a good lead almost in the first twenty strokes, which they continued to increase up to the two-mile flag, where Harvard began to close up the gap a bit. Harvard made another attempt to catch the Yale boat at the three-mile flag, and succeeded in gaining a few seconds, which they held to the three-and-ahalf-mile flag. Thereafter Yale continued to pull away steadily, notwithstanding Harvard's desperate spurt toward the finish. An occasional break between four and five in the Harvard boat was about the only fault to be seen in either crew. The winning time of 21.30 was not fast considering the conditions.” 3 H. 6 3 H. 18.02 6 3 H. 120.30 8 4 Y. 22.02 8 4 H. 24.30 84 H. 20.442 84 H. 22.14 84 Y. 24.27 84 Y. 22.13 6 18.43} 18.124 17.48 22 1882, June 30. 66 84 H. 20.47 1883, 1884, " 1885, " 8 4 Y. 20.41 1. 66 84 Y. 22.56 29. 66 8 4 Y. 20.10 84 Y. 21.30 2, J. A. Stillman, '96.. 5 9 162 5 10 21 1890, 1891, " 66 27. 66 8 4 Y. 21.29 23 1892, July 1. 1893, June 30. 22 1894, " 28. 1895, " 28. 7, E. H. Fennessy, '96. 186 5 10 21 Time of this race disputed. ↑ Race given to Harvard on a claim of foul, Yale's time being 18 m. 45 sec. Harvard, 16; Yale, 15. THE FRESHMAN RACE. The Freshmen eight-oared crews of Harvard, Yale, and Columbia, rowed a two-mile race at New London, Conn., on the forenoon of June 27; and the contest for first place was the most exciting seen on the Thames for many years. Almost until the line was crossed it was impossible to pick the winner. The usual statistics follow: The official time at the various points of the race was: Half mile Harvard, 2.18; Yale, 2.20; Columbia, 2.25. First mile-Yale, 4.58; Harvard, 5; Columbia, 5.15. Second mile and finish - Yale, 10.28; Harvard, 10.33; Columbia, 13.18. Columbia's bad beat was due to the breaking of Captain Pierrepont's oar-lock before reaching the mile flag. Yale pulled uniformly 38 strokes, Harvard, 40 to 41, and Columbia 38 to 40 per minute. 25.. Yale Rand, 1. f. Winslow, 3b... Scannell, c. Hayes, r. f..... McVey, s. s... Totals... Innings. Yale Harvard HARVARD. Earned runs-Yale, 6. Two-base hits-Quinby, Redington, Stephenson. Three-base hits Scannell, Winslow. Home runs - Rustin, Speer. Sacrifice hits - Keator, Redington, Stolen bases - Rustin, Speer. First base on balls Rand, Stephenson, Wrenn, Hayes. Wild pitch-TruMcVey (2), deau. Struck out 3000 8 1 1 3000 120 .30 0 2 4 24 11 8 ........2 0 0 0 0 300-5 * Dean batted for McVey. Three-base hits Speer, hit HighCarter. lands. Two-base Stolen bases-Rustin, Keator. First base on balls — Winslow, Stephenson. Hit by pitched ball - Greenway. Wild pitch-Highlands. Struck out - Highlands, Stevenson, Paine, Whittemore, Rand, Wrenn, Scannell, Keator, Greenway, Redington. Umpire- O'Rourke. Time - 1 h. 45 m. Since 1868, when the first match between Harvard and Yale was played, Harvard has won 35 and Yale 45 games, — in which Harvard made 541, and Yale 535 runs. BATTING. TOTAL Whittemore, s. s....21 The Second Game was played at Winslow, 3b. Rand, 1. f. Buckman, c...... Dean, s. s... .. GMS. A.B. R. B.H. T.B. AV. AV. 76 21 24 19 79 19 22 28 107 28 6 15 7 30 .315 .394 28 .278 .354 29 35 .271 .327 4 7 .266 .466 YALE. Gregory, p...... 1 7 0 1.000 0 0 0 2 Stevenson, 1b......262 7 13 .953 3 3 0 Wrenn, 2b........ 48 63 6.948 3 0 0 9 Highlands, p....... 10 42 3 .945 4 1 0 Scannell, c.........163 29 12 .941 7 60 Morton, c.,. 2b..... 10 7 2 .894 0 0 0 Buckman, c., 1. f... 36 5 5 .891 1 1 0 2 McVey, s. s........ 1 7 1 .888 0 0 0 0 Whittemore, s. s... 35 59 22 .886 2 2 0 22 AV. AV. P.O. A. E. AV. .234 .325 841 353 127 .904 .241 .224 815 322 135 .893 Colonel Winslow offered two cups to the men making the best record at the bat, base hits, bases on balls, etc. Captain Whittemore took the first prize and Highlands the second. The Mott Haven Team. Totals... The Mott Haven games resulted still more disastrously, with Yale 30, University of Pennsylvania 25, and Harvard in third place with 22. The games were exciting throughout, and in the matter of records are unsurpassed. Harvard excelled in the low hurdles, in which J. L. Bremer, '96, established a world's record of 248 s., and in the pole vault in which W. W. Hoyt, '98, tied with Buckholtz of the University of Pennsylvania at 11 ft. 3 in., thus breaking the intercollegiate record. As Buckholtz won the vault off at 10 ft. 9 in., the University of Pennsylvania took second place in the games and Harvard third. E. Hollister, '97, won the half mile in 2 min., and W. H. Vincent, '97, the 440 yds. dash in 50 s. The score follows: The track athletic team met defeat in both the Dual League games with Yale, at Cambridge, May 18, and the intercollegiate sports of New York, May 25. Harvard thus has three victories and two defeats in the contest for the Dual League cup, and is tied with Yale for the present intercollegiate cup. The games at Cambridge were well contested but resulted in a score of Yale 65, Harvard 47. Harvard was strongest in the middle distance runs, the low hurdles, high jump, and pole vault, but fatally weak in the weights and high hurdles, winning in these events only one point out of a possible twenty-four. The best work of Harvard was as follows: W. W. Hoyt, '98, vaulted 11 ft., and thus broke the Harvard pole vault record; E. Hollister, '97, won the half-mile run in 1 m. 581 s.; C. J. Paine, Jr., '97, cleared 6 ft. in. in the high jump. Yale won the team race at the close of the games. Below Throwing hammer.. 70001000000 is the score by events: EVENT. 120 yd. hurdle...... 0000 3500000 20150000000 00200050001 060020 0000 00600002000 1 mile walk......... 51000000200 220 yd. hurdle...... 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 mile run........ 0 5 10000 2000 220 yd. dash........ 20150000000 Running high jump. 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |