The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-24

clapped perfect strangers on the back,
calculating remarks which in substance
meant. Look at that. Will YOU
Their hope was shor; lived. however.
Stroke Lund. the real hero OF this re-
maikable race. cut the advantage Of the
Yale shell down TO nothing IN less than a
quarter OF a mile. Yale seemed TO lack
III, polish of Harvard. Its shell shot
?head and stopped. suddenly at the end
of zach stroke. Harvard on the other
hand moved along as IL propelled by a
motor boat. L.und heightened out his
stroke after the quarter mile post was
passed and settled down to win with the
least effort. He drove his shell past
the half mile flag a half length in from,
Of Yale. The time was 2 80.
.GiVe 'er Ten" Says Lasher.
Yale tried several times to make up
the distance. but couldn't. CoXswain
Lasher would shout. Give 'er ten for Old
Eli" but ten hard. fast strokes never
netted an inch nearer the bow OF the
Harvard shell. I.und would Just put a
little more leg drive in his stroke and
increase the lead without increasing the
number OF strokes a minute. He passed
the mile flag n length in the lead. the
time being ; minutes.
At the mile and a half flag J. G. White,
the new man at No. 4 in the Harvard
shell. staggered a little. The effect was
to make the shell wabble. Yale regained
about ten feet OF It's lost territory. Again
Stroke Lund put confidence into his crew
by his indom!table courage. He made
the giants behind him fight by watching
him. White cover his balance and
the Crimson craft marched serenely on,
passing the half way mark in 10 :03.
II was here. right opposite the navy
yard. that Yale had it's accident. De-
prived Of its veteran coxswain. McLane,
because he had become overweight, 1t
was handicapped enough. Lasher proved
himself no McLane. He steered right at
the nag. The port side of the shell
grazed the upright and the whole crew
was thrown out Of unison. II recovered
quickly, but was a beaten crew after
that.
Harvard rowed quietly. smoothly on.
II could not he denied its frst sweet
victory in three years. The Crimson
crew entered the last mile and one-half
Ranked on either side by austere looking
heavily decorated yachts. Sirens began
TO blow. whistles to screech as the Har-
ward eight drove It's shell toward ultimate
glory. Still rowing without a break, 1t
whizzed past the three mile nag In
IL minutes 50 seconds.
Lund Raises stroke.
At stroke Lund decided TO show the
latent W of himself and the men
bch!nd him. He jumped up his stroke a
few notches and the Shell shot forward
with ever increasing speed. As II pro-
PEELED by its own momentum, the shell
moved faster and faster, like a trolley
going downhill without the brakes on. The
officials clicked the Cambridge crew at
the three and one-half mile flag In
II minutes 80 seconds. a record seemed
sure. Those who had been keeping un-
official watches on the charges OF Robert
T.. Herrick and Bin Haines shouted
smash that record
Lund may not have heard the order.
but he proceeded to do Just hat thing.
Yale appeared to be standing still. with
a final sprint that staggered the specta-
tors on the observation trains l-und
drove his crew over the finish line In
20 minutes 9 seconds eight seconds
faster than the record mad twenty-eight
years ago by "A Yale crew.
Yale. full Of light to the bitter end.
sprinted as If Harvard were right AT
its side. STROKE Lawrence gave his final
heaye at the bridge and the Ell shell
crossed the finish line In 20:l7.
Behind the crews came the coaching
launches. II the Yale launch Guy Nick
alls could he seen looking far and be-
yond his defeated crew. He plainly
showed disappointment. After him came
the John Harvard, All that could be
seen OF It was Robert Herrick's beaming
face and steeplechase smile. Harvard
had licked Yale good and proper.
Hanging Imply in n girls hand from
the observation train was n Yale PEN
nant. Instead of the usual white "Y''
it had the letters III o y f. on it that
Yale will build on for next year, II
had little here TO peat Harvard with this
>ea~, for, 10 change the old adage
slightly, Harvard rowed not only too
wisely. but too well"
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