The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-26
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could b. found with the waterman
snip OF the Cambridge crew
The speed that Coach NickaI.s'
Eli eight developed with lis slow.
far-reaching stroke was uncanny a.
times. Though Stroke Morse evinced
a tendency TO night hts oar at times
the Yale shell travelled at high speed
throughout the entire four miles ana
there was not the slightest evidence
OF the usual check In the progress OF
the craft between strokes. Every
stroke appeared idential with It's tel
lows. regardless of whether the beat
was at 30 or 20. Much of this success
was due TO the powerful leg drive and
the hnl snap given the blades Just
before they We're taken from the
water
Minor faults were apparent an one
or two spots in the Crimson craft.
but taken as a whole the crew was a
credit TO Coach Wray. despite the fact
that IL did not develop anything ike
The power and run OF the Yale boat.
Lack % Power
Stroke Lund lifted his oar unusu-
ally high IN finishing at times. while
Parsons at No. & and Morgan al No
were not always In unison with the
other members of the eight These
lapses appeared only occasional. how
ever. and the reason for defeat ap-
peared to lay more in the concerted
lack of power rather than in any in
dividual fault or rowing omissions.
Every Oarsman rowed his stroke
through In finished style. but IL lacked
the final snappy drive. the oars wash
ing through weakly just before being
taken from the water.
Both eights fought gamely through
out the long four-mile race. rowing
according TO their lights without a
sign of faltering or break. Once over
The finish line there came the tempo
rary reaction and exhaustion common
10 college crew races. yet II was only
momentarily. and soon the oarsmen
were heading back for their quarters
Men Collapsed
When the Yale she'll shot across the
finish line Coxswain McLane was
standing up cheering on his rowers
like a Roman chariot driver. His
words of praise fell on deaf ears in
several cases. for Wiman and Myers
tCppled forward. while Captain Stur-
tevant had to grasp the gunwale to
keep from falling backward other
members Of the crew splashed them
with water. and soon they joined in
cheering the Crimson eight. floating
close by.
the sting OF defeat was added TO
physical exhaustion. Stroke Lund.
victorious pacemaker in nine races
for Harvard. including those on the
English Henley course. collapsed as
htQ fruf1aA So
At his back. Cabot. No. Z, followed
suit. and in the waist OF the shell.
Harwood. No. .. slumped down while
tired hands scooped water over -.
sides on the gasping oarsman. who
slowly sat up under the refreshing
showers.
Yale Rowed Forty-four.
II was 5:44 p. m. 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 cedar
craft out Of the river with their powe--
ful starting heave. The shell appeared
to leap from wave to wave during this
minute or so when the blue tipped
oars were beating ~ to the minute
Harvard with better form opened at
81. but the Crimson boat ran slowly
between strokes and Yale gained half
a length lead in the first quarter mile
Although both Fights lowered their
strokes when under way the race soon
resolved itself into procession in which
Yale gained a length and a fraction in
every mile. Passing the mile FLAGS
both shells we're being driven by 81
stroke with the Ellis showing open
water to the Cambridge crew
At the two mile mark Nickalls' men
pushed their stroke up a notch while
Harvard held TO 30. Here the Blue led
by two and a half lengths
In the third mile Yale held steadily
to 30 strokes while Coxswain Kreger
called for a squirt Stroke Lund re-
sponded with a 81 but Coxswain Nc
Lane In the Yale shell made no change
Entering the final mile the Crimson
eight although rowing perfectly APP
peared 10 have run down like an un-
wound clock
Game 10 the last Lund. Of Harvard.
lifted his stroke agaln touching 30 tt
one point IN the last half mile set the
stern Of the Yale craft slipped away
until when the finish flags had been
passed more Than five lengths Of open
water separated victors and van.
pushed.