The sun., 1891-06-27

ssweaters stood out on the blue background oi
SherdiisT E. Az the men wore their sweaters except
back was bare, and ns brown as berry piIe F,om
the observation train, part of which was stiil
sns 0s ss ffSs fSa Ss the
% caught sight Of their crew coming down to ihs
all pull together boys, with your body between
your knee.;' The song was finished with a
Then the Yale contingent threw their cheer
hack at the Harvard boys and to DO extra def.
ant broke out with:
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The Harvard she'll was bncked .up to the
stake boat ON the east side. and the men
Yale. The, Inter was late in getting down and
SsSs SsS;si ~ launch and ES she. %as tsSs s
cot on I'd Ike Q. to get rshoTs for minute and
svt,es beievo mnrSards @ sGr,'nS the Minnep rfH:
She pulls down aud gets here on time. whi Q
,in, nale raes down and is late. That's tip worth
The Ihs Yale launch steamed np to the flcat.
flannel trousers and rtepped in their shell.
Wearing trunks and swealers OF dark blue.
Ias s pc. Sa ss n mFaty h pS Gs ss
MI ss:s' ss ss;ss isssf Ss MIN
' the GGa snf boa. ns to
two crews. and from land and water came the
encouraging cheers OF the two Ireat universl-
The Harvard boys did not so much rs turn n
head; big helton. tho battle. Scared nGuat::
Msrri"r I rested his hi onE 2ined tie sh or ono Of
snS Tsy y, d1St row. n,s stop %s
nf nj h,,w irnn l,,,, 80
give little exh' bi,iSn while Whiting. and ID
Trey r,nIlea q short disiancc W Stream
moved barkwar and forward as i, thew were
attached 10 u riston rod. They did not get
Sfty ar GS"s sssd hss am Sasi shs
boat was gotten in position on the west curse
again. the men In both boats leean to remove
< shou. Of admiration arose over the river
when tue two crews sat stripped. The Yale
built. The Harvard crew looked @ SIry. and i'm. @
NV ss'ns & i'.'ss IL
low oar. looked as nearly like giant ~ did
strong enoueht 10 do almost anything.
There was the usual amount OF time con-
Silence came the, referees voice; Phil np q
God" Everybody wa waited M Tor i his next o remark
which would be the signal Tor the start
FINALLY ars yhs ,ns ,SiSs 1onSy shouted in slow 'ones
The sixteen oars crept away back in tho
water. causing sixteen ripples. but TINT was
a,ijck all IhseH Se was 'ainiul pause and then
The crimson blades were the FIRST to move
a wild series OF yels filed the beautiful valley
Of the Thames. The srot WHICH he two SHELLS
s BANK 70 ba" s the
SreTs S was whirling M rarids too The crews crews
cflft he hind them tWiRtinH their
as rapidly as possible and the river procession
The Harvard she'll shot ahead OF tho Yale
Or two. but it was lead for ali that Powers
minute. 1t was apparent that Harvard in:
tended to Try for the lead at the beginning and
start In on. and md it looked % for s' seeS"i as
Il it were too fast for Powers himself.
M s5okes !o
BotS The W Yale lea and us tie Harvard sh"aters saw
or two. The Yale crowd hoped, that Powers
cred to pr precintate his downfall By their awful
yels. But PoTers's nerves we're as $ firm as ten.
had given to the rest OF the men at the start:
He realized tha. 1t would never 90 to drop on
saaasGy aas seemed 20 nave a.nnmea a war Ha
ing for tho word. and Yales stroke was set at
thlrty-six per minute.
Harvard still led by a margin. P wers and
Mellon were clipping the water yet about the
short time afterward. however Powers oar
was seen to enter and leave the water the way
s Oil IN ,s 4oHs sss sonJ 81
more were taken and then Ke,on's blade
nI hs S. ws,sr oss ram hS
is ran. HarSsrd# ys p went up in mighty Shout:
PSwss had fseovsssd HI himself count
fellow realized that he had hit the, stroke lP
not not carry. : He also fealizsd that II he lowered
it quickly the chances were that the crew
wss s s ssss'
mean everything. 80 hi. he .sl eGsed up just tive
a mile to do 1t In. 1t was q beautiful Piece OF
Fl ON the quarter to the half mile the Har;
UP tand were operated by machinery. The
Yule crews work was MT nearly so good.
ought to. His $ roke was short and weak; he
caught the water well % enough, on but ;1I did not not
stsole sos half hroseh n1 he
hurry to gst his oar out Of the water again.
As result hageman At i, No: & I was virtually
The lale boat drew up n tribe lust before the
half mile FLAG, was reached. bnt It was not any
ter at 10. 6. and Heield finger. at 80. 5. began
to clip the water. Gould continued to pull
sHIei olher men appeared be puttins the reqmlred
energy and vim in their work. The Harvard
eight. on the other hand. were pulling II pretty
stroke. Powers dropped the stroke to thirty
eight when he saw ia,o's miserable mise, form
through the wafer ut lively pace. 1t led tho
pai or one OF Yale by nearly two lengths, About
midway h-tween the hall mule aud mile raGs.
the Harvard boat caught a slight swell. which |
caused the men to spIash consldera bly, Tor rev:
eral strokes. On each break In the Harvard
boat the YuIe shouters would nearly tear their !
lungs out. and on each recovery the Cambridge
men would do likewise.
started on Ike clockwork for the mile flag tho |
mon in the Yale boat did not tlll ono with con-
fldence. Gould appeared to be laboring very !
hard. His stroke was nothing more than a lab |
ut the water At this point big Heirelflnger !
strength. With each stroke he threw his hrnd
way up hs n he wera exploring for fresher air.
He began each stroke with an agonizing Jerk.
each OF which impres ssed one rs probat bly, being
his last. Paine. ut No. 4. was pulling In much
the samo way. In TACT, 1ales Work at THIS
point was very ragged. ,
Harvard passed tho mile flag three boat
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