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hands Of Harvard crews. The fresh
men fought a valiant and game race,
but they were matched against a SUI
perior crew, and were never in the lead
from the crack Of the gun.
consequently it was small wonder
that the Yale men looked forward with
little confidence 10 the big battle Of the
dav. Hardly men dared breathe aloud
the deep hidden hope that the Blue
would redeem itself and revive its fast
diving prestige on the water. II was
with many a misgiving then that the
Yale rooters sat back and watched the
final preparations for the big race.
A Surprise for the Thousands
It seemed a cold and indifferent sort
Of encouragement that those eight
bovs in the Yale shell received
as they frightened their laces, tested
1 their thole pins and swung slowly on
/ their slides. making certain that every
y thing mechanical about the boat was
in that nice and delicate adjustment
{ which would aid them in their own
4 labor.
d There were loud and lusty cheers Tot
Crimson. which padded up to It's
ke boat brimful of confidence ana
= ,tive that II would be able to row
Y - down the first half of the race ana
= N rush home with another easy VIC
&c y.
what was the surprise, then OF the
thousands afoat and ashore and the
eight Harvard oarsmen in their Iohb'
,..enine shell when at the crack OF
the gun the Yale eight shot out into
the lead and gained an advantage
which it would not and did not re-
,ino,Ish for three long miles or more
Yale Leads at the Start
The Yale men. swinging together with
The GOODNESS and poise Of speeding
machine. seemed to gather momentum
with each succeeding heave Of the elsh'
long oars. and in the short space OF d
hundred yards the Blue was ieaalns ny
nearly half a length.
Harvard. instead of rushing up was
content 10 let the Blue race out anu
ont. A quarter of a mile on the Jour
new and Yale was getting faint streah
of daylight behind its flying rudder
most and when the half-mile mark was
reached there was no doubt that the
Blue was fully length in front. Each
man in the Yale shell was bending 10
his task. oblivious TO all that was gong
on about him, save that the harvard
crew was astern. and they fought the
harder to keep it there.
Il was at this juncture that the Grim
son began TO realize that something
was amiss, while among the Harvard
followers genuine fear arose that
maybe after all that flying torpedo OF
cedar was propelled by power as potent
as Il not more potent than, their own
Chanler. the Crimson stroke, sent out
the first dart to test the range and IN
a second his men were responding to
the call. But, sprint as they would
they could not cut down an lnch OF tha'
gap.
lack Appleton, the Yale stroke oar
saw everything that passed IN the
Crimson shell, and when Chanler raised
the stroke a notch Appleton replied
with two. And thus they battled up
the course through the fast thinning
lane of yachts and out into the open
water at the navy yard.
Then Harvard did begin to show
sone Of its wonderful power, and for an
instant. but an instant only, the Cam
bridge boat crept up on the beam OF
the Blue. Inch by inch faster at frs
and then slowly and more slowly, Har-
ward gained back some Of that valuable
space. In the half mile from the mile
and a half mark to the navy yard
twenty feet marked the limit OF the
Crimson's advance, and then Yale let
loose in a well directed body blow that
sent a shiver through the Harvard shell
and pushed it pack further than 1t had
been at any time.
Hard Fight by the Crimson.
Those twenty Itel lile't NAAN - '-'''~'A 49,
81 dearly fought for were lost back to
the Blue. and in addition another twenty
feet went TO separate the two speeding
shells. II was just at the two and nan
mile marx that Appleton, calling on ms
men for sprint that would throw on
the Cambridge eight, sent the prov OF MS
she'll shooting TO the front, and thereby
opened up an appreciable gap Of open
water.
Then. indeed, the Yale multitude began
n realize that IL was witnessing battle
Of 1itans. and with that realization came
DELAYED announcement for the eight
toilers in the Yale boat The prayer was
being answered, and the holder OF Yale
men were already beginning to predic'
that the long hoped for era in rowing was
al last 70 dawn.
The surrounding hills resounded to the
wide flung yens and shouts There were
no measured cheers. but rather frenzied
delirious and shrill screams OF encourage
ment.
Appietons squirt at the two and nan
mile mark was just trife more man ms
men could stand at that stage OF the
race. and ne carefully let the stroke Gown
again. IL was that sprint, however. which
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