The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-29
their grasp, though in all conscience there

their grasp, though in all conscience there
were two hayd miles to go.
But from that point 1t was no question Of
counting strokes, of watching mere men.
Keen, alert intense, the observation train
gang leaned forward obsessed by the idea
beginning to pound in upon them that it
was Harvard's turn to win. Hard and
driving came the Crimson call and nobly
it was responded to, The Harvard shell
slid under the lee of the first vessel of the
long lane a third of a length before Yale
and there tried to run away.
Poor Yale was tired and almost in ex-
tremis, but game as ever. Harvard could
not get any further away. Yale could not
make up any of what had been lost. 1t
was 80 at the three mile mark, as the two
shells came down the long, narrow water
way at whose end lay glory for one, surely
no disgrace for the other, and rest for both.
While guns cracked and barked, whistles
roared and men and women everywhere
about cheered, the devoted sixteen tore at
the leaden oars, the one crew fighting
to be of and away; the other for only a
foot or two at a time. Sixteen men tired
with an unearthly exhaustion, but eight
Of them buoyed up by the consciousness
Of power. When men strive like that some
one must lag and fall. 1t was granted that it
should be Yale this time.
The carloads now standing on the bridge
took up the roar "Harvard's coming away"
No, MOI shrieked Yale. But as the words
were said it was done. As grandly as only
a winner can came Harvard. Every stroke
meant a foot and then a yard. There was
open water less than 400 yards from home
for the first time. 1t grew and grew,
although Yale made a grand effort to save
the distance, knowing defeat inevitable.
That ended it, for the last ounce had been
put forth, and the boat almost stopped.
Harvard at top speed under a "a stroke
was over the line an open length and a
half ahead.
ALI MEN COLLAPSE.
The crowd on the bridge saw Noyes, No. o
in the Yale boat, reel from side to side be-
fore the finish. He was not rowing at all,
only trying to force his tired body to obey.
His shoulders heaved and he fell. He
came back PROSTATE against the stretcher,
the oar falling from his inert hand. He
almost tumbled from the boat but was
hauled back. 1t was no gay sight, and
nom the merrier when Weeks, at bow,
They soon recovered and Noyes was brought
out Of his faint in the launch. He was all
right later. All Harvard men save Morgan
at No. 5 we're able bodied citizens.
1t was early in the day that a man selling
gas balloons of red and blue exploded some
BY accidentally burning one with a cigar.
Three blue ones did not explode but, released
by the startled vender, flew far away.
Three for Yale was the verdict Of the
superstitious, but history will not repeat the
tale that way.
On the yacht Arrow near the finish we're
the father and sister Of Capt. Morse of the
Yale crew and Mrs. Robert Bacon, wife of
the Assistant Secretary OF State. Mrs:
Bacon had a son rowing in the Harvard
varsity eight. just as Harvard made its
away She was revived and, leaning
against the rail. saw the race through.
FRESHMAN RACE A HARD cNE.
The freshman race vas a crackajack as
far as close, scrappy fighting is concerned.
but fell far short Of the exacting ideals OF
good rowing. Both 'crews were as crude
as freshmen sometimes are. The judg-
ment, workmanship and execution OF the
Harvard "a crew was marvellously bad.
Yale, while not a great deal better, was in
the leading position for the greater part of
the race, and that sent the Crimson freshies
even a little higher up in the air; in their
right. but the grade is hardly high enough
for the average of the colleges.
To those who watched closely the Harvard
men seemed very short In physical condi-
ton. They were about in when the bell
R%ackemann quit rowing before the finish /
set them v further back than they should
have been.
There were the makings of a good scrap
when the two Fights lined up at the draw
bridge to race etc to the navy yard. two miles
up btIEdih bC idNolilB WV htll M
ing the Harvard shell on the west course
over toward Yale on the east. Yale being
further out in the channel, got nothing OF
the sweep of the river. There was a breeze
from the west from which Harvard was
protected by the line of yachts.
The race was delayed first of by a launch
which got u of killer while crossing the
course at the half mile flag and had to be
owed out of the way. Referee Guy Rich
ards, on the prov of the Scout, called out
the necessary inquiries to the crews and
bang" went the gun. AS il from the force
of the explosion the bow oar in the Har-
ward boat went fiat on his back. He stuck
up his right hand and waved it wildly.
Before seven strokes had been taken he was
back on the slide he missed and going
with the crew.
The race was recalled. however.
Yale had all the better of the first start
the second was all square. There was
fierce lashing Of the water. Yale hitting it
up so to the minute with Harvard 4s. When
The observation train ducked out of sight for
It's little trip into the country Harvard was
by 10 feet, having gone about 800
yards. The train got back within range to
ind out that something had been going on.
1t was nearly a mile then and Yale was