Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-26

tHOSe WHO Knew tne ability OIL Capt. lue $
crew that the Ellis were desperately driv-
en- in order to keep up with the Crimson.
Those who were down on the river could
hear the voice of CoXswain Cass driving
Griswold and the seven men back of MIN
at every stroke. Cass' voice was like a
whip applied to tagging horse.
Over the second half mile this fight con-
tinued until Yale had to drop her stroke
down to 81 and then to 81 just before the
mile flag. where happened the first acct
dent in the race to the Yale boat Stroke
Grswold caught crab and for an in
slant the Yale shell rocked like catboat
in sea. GriswolG quickly got his stride
again, but by this time Yale's stroke was
down to 81 Harvard was still rowing at
"a to the minute and at the mile flag
had a lead over Yale of two seconds.
Harvard's time for the mile was 537;
Yale's $50. The fact that despite this ac-
cident of Griswolds Yale had only lost
sirgle second in the second holt mile
showed plainly with what terrific power
the Blues eight was fighting. The strain
began to tell, however. and Griswold
dropped his stroke down to 80 to the min
ute just before the mile and a half flag.
Harvard at the same time eased up to 80
strokes to the minute. Griswold. seemed
to get his wind again and as the crews
passed the mile and half mark Yale was
rowing at 81 while Harvard had put her
stroke back to "a. The Ellis at their low
er stroke had not been able to hold Har-
ward rowing two strokes higher This
has been the traditional test in these
races. namely, whether Yale rowing two
strokes less to the minute can hold Har-
the Ellis do this they VIM when they can
not they lose. Over this half mile Har-
ward had lust doubled her lead and was
now four seconds ahead of Yale her time
being 9.12; Yale's GIG
The struggle over the half mile
where the current is strongest was a
beautiful one to watch. Yale had
dropped her stroke back to 80 to the
minute while Harvard went down to
80. At this pace Yale was just able to
hold her own. The time at the two
mile point was Harvard 11:33 Yale
1897.
OF the navy yard Griswold once
more put his stroke back to 80, but he
i''N nv SooiiSI uoilc lIllS tIldl SSdTSednt
jumped his up to "a This effort on
the part of Griswold resulted in loss
and at the 2R mile flag Harvard had
increased her lead by six seconds and
was now 10 seconds ahead of Yale The
Crimson's time was 14:35: Yale 14:45
Over these two and half miles Cox
swain Cass had never once let UP on
Griswold and the rest of the men in
the boat. The Ellis knew they were
behind and Cass was following in
-StructionS to drive them until they
filled up the gap between theirs and
the Cambridge shell. The race
only a little more than half over and
Griswold's face and then another, but
it failed to revive him; his head be-
gan to roll from one shoulder to the
other and there was no longer any
doubt about Harvard's victory Away
back at the mile and half flag, Yale's
No. 4, had also caught crab and had
gone down in the boat for an instant.
Peyton at No. was also showing
signs of exhaustion. But Griswold had
rowed out his last ounce of power. Just
above the navy yard his oar slipped
from his hands, which were now numb
with exhaustion and the Yale shell
had to be driven with only seven oars
The Crimson was now fairly leaping
away from its beaten rival. Cass
showered buckets of water upon Girls
void and at the 3mile flag he grabbed
his oar and tried once more to get into
stroke with the rest of the men in the |
boat He was only able to pull three |
or four strokes before his oar again |
slipped from his hands and this time |
his body fell against his outrigger and |
it looked as though he would fall out |
Of the she'll So critical was his posi- |
rier that Captain Ide stopped rowing |
and stried to lift Griswold into the |
she'll Griswolds oar was dragging