Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-26

to the powerful leg drive and the final
snap given the blades just before they
were taken from the water
Harvard Crew Credit
Minor faults were apparent In one or
two spots in the Crimson craft. but TAX
en- as whole the crew was a credit to
Coach Wray. despite the fact that it did
not develop anything like the powerful
run OF the Ell boat. Stroke Lund lifted
his oar unusually high In finishing at
times. while Parsons at No. and Nor
gan at No. 2 were not always in unison
with the other members Of the eight
These lapses appeared only occasionally.
however. and the reason for the defeat
appeared to lay more in the concerted
lack of power rather than in any ind-
vidual faults or rowing omissions.
Several Collapse
When the Yale shell had crossed the
final line, CoXswain McLane was
standing up cheering on his rowers like
Roman chariot driver urging his
steeds to further speed. His words of
praise fell OIL deaf ears in several cases
for Wiman and Meyers toppled for
ward while Capt. Sturtevant had to
grasp the gunwale to keep from fall
ing backward. Other members of the
crew splashed them with water and
soon they Joined in cheering the Grim
son eight, floating close by.
Harvard was slower to recover, for
the sting of defeat was added to the
physical exhaustion. Stroke Lund, VIC
torious pacemaker in nine races for
Harvard. collapsed as his oar trailed
past the finish posts. At his back, Cab
waste of the shell, Harwood No. 4,
slumped down while tired hands
scooped water over the sides on the
gasping oarsman who slowly sat up.
Start at 5.44 P. M.
1t was 5.44 P. NJ, when the starting
pistol finally sent the two crews away
on the four-mile upstream row. The
Yale oarsmen buried their sweeps in
the waters of the Thames with the
flash and fairly lifted their long CO.
dar craft out of the river with their
powerful starting heave. The blue
| tipped oars were beating A to the
minute. Harvard with better form
opened at 81 but the Crimson boat ran
slowly between strokes and Yale gain
ed half length lead in the first half
mile. Although both Fights lowered
their strokes, once we'll underway, the
race soon resolved itself into process
sion in which Yale gained more than
a length in every mile.
Eve Lengths at Two Miles
Passing the mile flags, both shells
were being driven by SO to the min
ute stroke. with the Ellis showing open
water to the Cambridge crew. There
was no change at the one and one
half mile post except that Yale's
smashing drive was steadily leaving
Harvard behind. When the half way
lengths.
During the next half mile both
crews dropped to 80 but even then
the impetus and momentum of the
Eli sweep work sent the shell for
ward without break or check and there
was three lengths Of open water be-
tween the rival craft. Yale held stead
lily to the beat while Coxswain Kre-
ger called on Wray's pupils for squirt.
Stroke Lund responded with a 80, but
little McLane twisted in his cox
swain's seat in the Yale shell and see
ing that even this increase did not
speed up the trailing craft, turned
back and appeared to ignore the Har-
ward crew.
Entering the flnal mile the Crimson
nio oil
peared to have run down like an I'M
wound clock
Yacht cannons were popping and
motor boat sirenes shrieking for Yale
was a sure winner barring accidents.
But the strain was beginning to tell
on even the victor and Wyman at No.
was slowly losing his power.
Still the blue shell shot forward.
Game to the last, Lund lifted his
stroke. again to touching So at one
point in the last half mile. yet the
stern Of the Yale craft slipped away
until when the finish flags had been
passed. more than Ave lengths of open
water separated victors and van
pushed.
That the Blue had crew Of partic-
ular power and finish is shown in the
figures Of the four-mile race where
tho Yale oarsmen set their own pace
and in SO doing established a new up
stream record Of 20 minutes, 50 Sec
onds, beating the time made by the
Yale eight of 1907 by Is seconds.
The Freshman race rowed In semi
darkness over q mile and half course
was won by the Yale first year crew
by approximate one length. the times
being Yale. 8 minutes, seconds; Har-
ward, s minutes, 10 seconds.
Elect Captain
Almost Immediately after their re-
turn to Red Top the Harvard Varsity
oarsmen elected as next years cap
tain, David Percy Morgan of New
York City, who rowed No. 2 in the