New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
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N=4 London. Conn. July 1-Ha-vard swept
--- Thames v--l q mile wide broom today. and
when the Crimson varsity dashed across t1e
finish line winner 1f q --rL- race from Yale %
i've s.aar lengths NJ open water thousands o-
little crimson balloons we're tossed high IN the
air lg the little breeze thar had helped the
crews ro swing the river II vas wonderful
day Z, add IN q wonderful year FOR Harvard as
the Crimson freshman and -7---oa-a[ crews won
their races rIls morning as easily as lt- me
varsity this evening. and This was r-- all. for
Harvard had won rho three preliminary races
ro7-ef Yesterday and -4s- Saturday as we'll and
the Crimson thus made the greatest sweep ID
the history oc Y8.e-Ha-ra-l --Eat--s
Harva-E.s victory fortnight was as clean ard
decisive as those 0ar by re. t%" and l9SiS
crews. hut this year Yale was -u the race 70 the
finish with eight men. and there was no reQetl-
tioa Of the terrible Yale collapse last year. when
G-.swolG lad - ba taken from the boat There
was no essential fault ia the Yale boat that
could he charged r1 any one man. although Van
E-arCum. at ". :. was not always IN time
There was had check II rhe Blue boat. how
ever. IN contrast with the almost perfect form -
the Harvard oarsmer.
II the Yale boat G-rrCy. a. NJ > collapsed
i'm a heap as soon as the race was over and
Rice. A. bow. went down. too Van BIarrurl
stroke. looked on the verge ot collapse. The
men pulled themselves together in a few mo-
merts and got away for Gales Ferry without
help Harvard roved a wonderful. driving race,
testing the strength Of rhe Yale crew in the hrsr
mile holding of every Yale challenge in the
next mile and a half and taking . commanding
lead lust before rle three--1ile mark was
reached There the heart was rovei out of
Yase. and for the last mile the only question in
dispute was the SIZE Of the Harvard margin
&7-rfrz like tha Wild demonstration Of Har-
ward ioy that followed the race has ever been
seen here The last time Harvard won two
races IN successive wears was IN 1882 and 1888.
HARVARD MEN CRAZY WITH JOY.
The red balloons were a feeble part Of the
display Cannon doomed. thousands Of Har-
ward threats beloved their joy upon the river
and everywhere the Crimson banners and rib
hons famed against the duh gray skies under
which the race had been roved- But there vas
blue, too. Never ceasirg was the roar OF the
long Yale cheer. as pIuckiIy lnsstent N the face
Of YaIe's most overwhelming defeat as ever II
was in the hour of the widest joy ar well
earned victory. Every Yale man and every Yale
sirI stuck 70 their colors like real bulldogs.
on the Central Vermont train as soon as it
had pulled into New London after the race
leaped q cheering mass OF men. including the
class of 'g9 that came To Harvard ten years
ago to see a Harvard crew come home win
n5r Crashing INTO a solid phaianx, II swept
IproarinusIv over the dusty pathway. as all
save way before it. chanting out the strains of
This J. Haryard's Day in voices tired and
nolrse from the constant roar Of cheering that
had never ceased from the moment the Blue
oars clipped the water mite ahead 1T the start
until the race was over
An old Harvard grad throwing up his har As
the crews swung into the third mile, Calrned
down long enough 10 quote a few lines Of q
rowing poem by Rudolph Lehman. who coached
2 Harvard crew less fortunate than tO-days
many years ago. Certainly the lines seemed
apt. as they fell from his lips
Oh l7y send he- elpns and Hs ecstasy % zee
That yoIr hack IS solid and muscles sq-rsy
Tha. youl hear car Jump fer eer your wind
never
Though stormy league divides YOU from The place 70
which
alongside. hard a. work ard gong
While you hear the stea1y roar
or shore.
and hands away and swing r OUT. ard keep TIE
hnish !sps
Bright with flags and bunting. gay with girls
and graduates New London saIuted ITS one
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