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through in finished style. but 1t lack
ed the final snappy drive, the oars
washing through weakly just before
taken from the water.
Both Fights Sought Ramely without
a sign of falterlnR or break. Once
over the finish line. there came tho
temporary reaction and exhaustion
common to college crew races, yet II
was but momentariiy. and soon the
Ga rsmen were heading back for ,heie
quarters.
When the Yale shell shot across the
finish line Coxswain Mclean was stand
ing up cheering on his rowers like a
roman chariot driver urging his steeds
to further speed His words Of praise fell
on deaf ears in several cases for Wiman
and Meyers toppled forward while
Captain Sturtevant had to grasp the gum
vale 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.
Harvard was slower to recover. Stroke
Lund. victorious pacemaker In nine races
for Harvard including those on the Eng
fish Henley course. collapsed as his oar
traied past the finish posts. Cabot No =,
Followed suit, and Harwood, No. 4. slump
ed down while tired hands scooped water
on the gasping oarsmen.
Following the finish of the varsity
race it had been planned to send the
freshmen upstream two miles from
the bridge to the navy yard. Dark
ness was descending rapidly and it was
| An IN he n
row from the navy yard to Bartlett's
cove on the upper half Of the course.
shortly after the start Captain wig
gin, stroke of the Harvard eight, broke
his oar-lock and signalled for re-
start.
While repairs were being made the
regatta committee boat drifted down
to the two-mile mark again It WIS
SO dark that the referee declared that
return to the starting line was i'm
possible and asked the rival crew cap
! tains whether he should postpone the
race until tomorrow or start them
from the two and half mile flag
I Both leaders elected the latter alter
native.
The two 1918 crews raced over the
final one and e-half mile section OF
the varsity course followed by the
! referees boat only. 1t was not until
the officials reported the result by the
telephone to the town that the Yale
| men knew that the Blue had furnished
a triple victory by winning the final
race.
The Harvard varsity oarsmen to-
night elected as next years captain
/
city, who rowed No. in the varsity
/ shell to-day.
The Yale oarsmen elected Seth Low
md of New York city as captain of mex,
years eight. He rowod in No. 3 in to-
| days race.
New tlaven, Conn. June 25-The vic
| torious Yale crews returned to New
Haven tonight shortly before clever
o'clock. Headed by band they were
escorted by Yale students and Val,
sympathizers to the home of Presiden
Arthur r. Hadley OF the university VIII,
in a brief speech congratulated them OF
their victory Later the oarsmen went tt
the Hotel Taft for the annual crew
, dinner
1t was 5;i4 p. m. when the starting pis
tol finally sent the two crews away. Ial'
fairly lifted the Blue craft out of the
river with their powerful starting heave
the oars beating A TO the minute. Har
ward with better form opened az 81 bu
the Crimson boat ran slowly between
strokes and Yale gained half Length
lead in the first quarter mole.
Although both Fights lowered theiI
strokes, once well under way. the race
soon resolved itself into a procession II
which Yale picked length and frac
ton in every mile Passing the milo hag'
both shells were being driven by a - tt
the minute stroke with the Ellis showins
open water to the Cambridge crew.
There was no change at the one anc
one half mile post except that fale't
smashing drive was steadily leaving Har
ward behind. when the halfway mari
was reached. Nickalls' men pushed thei
stroke up a notch while Harvard held t.
80 Here the Blue led by two and a hal
lengths.
During the next half mile both crew
dropped to a go but even then the i'm
petus and momentum of the Eli sweel
work sent the shell forward withou
break or check and there was thre
lengths Of open water Yale held stead
lily to the beat while Coxswain Krege
called on Harvard for a squirt. Strok
Lund responded with 80. but little Nc
Lane twisted in his coxswalns seat in tn
Yale shell and seeing that even this in
crease did not speed up the trailing craft
turned back and appeared to ignore tn
Harvard crew Entering the final mil
the Crimson eight. although rowing per
fectly, appeared to have run down Xix
an unwound clock. There was rythm II
the stroke and concerted action on tn
part Of the oarsmen, but the shell seeme
to crawl compared to the way the Blu
craft cut Its way toward the finish point
The strain was beginning to tell on eve
the victor and Wiman at No. T. wa
slowly losing his power
Still the Blue shell shot forward stead
lily increasing its advantage, Game t
the last, Lund lifted his stroke agai
touching 81 at one point In the last hal
mile, yet the stern OF the Vale craft slip
ped away until at the finish, more tina
five lengths Of open water separated vic
tors and vanquished.
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