Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-24
Gains Open Water.

half flags Harvard was length in the
lead, rowing thirty-two to Yale's thirty.
Gains Open Water.
When the crews came to the two
mile flags Harvard gave another ten"
and gained its first open water. Its
adherents went wild with delight.
There seemed to be no question as to
which crew was superior. Then to
clinch the matter, Coxswain Lasher of
the Yale crew pulled bone" that will
let Merkle out for all time. He ran
the port oars into the flag marking the
outside of his course, blow that jar
red the men on this side and checked
the run of the boat. Yale lost a half
length by this excited maneuver of
its steersman, and from then on it was
question of how many lengths Har-
ward would win by.
Lawrence, the Yale stroke, tried des-
perately after this mishap to retake
Harvard. For a quarter of mile he
raised the beat from thirty to thirty
two. but the Crimson men were filled
with confidence and pulling as they never
pulled before this year. Lund kept
the stroke at thirty. but each man
drove the blade through the water in
unison with the others. and the shell
travelled rapidly ahead. At the two
three lengths leader.
Yale had settled down, but 1t was a
ragged and weary Eli crew that felt
defeat weighing upon 1t. The men
water was smooth, they rolled the boat
so much that their oars and outriggers
sent up great clouds of spray: 1t was
splash, splash. splash from this point
on for Yale. mile from the nnish me
two crews were rowing thirty, with
Harvard three and a half lengths In
the lead. Here the long observation
train ran back of the bluffs along the
bank to get to the drawbridge over
looking the finish. and the crowds had
to wait to see what had transpired in
the next half mile.
AS the train swept across the finish
line Harvard was rowing thirty strokes
and was a good four lengths ahead OF
Yale. an eight that was splashing and
smuggling and striving with desperation
to pick up ground AS the shells swept
to the line the two strokes and the
crews were too worn for nnal squirt.
Harvard crossed 1t rowing tnlrty.two'
Yale thirty. Both crews oelne tnor-
oughly rowed out.
The most noticeable difference in the
two Fights was the smooth forward
movement of the Harvard shell. in
strange contrast to the check in the
Yale boat. At each recovery the Eli
boat would stop noticeably, whereas
the Cambridge boat moved with even
speed.
Yale Freshies Beaten at Finish.
Harvard drew frst blood when its
freshman eight rowed to great vic
tory over Yale in the first race of the
morning. Yale had all the best of it
to within a half a mile from the finish
and apparently had the race well in
hand, but the Harvard youngsters
came from three lengths behind with
a great burst of speed, caught Yale
200 yards from the finish and crossed
the line a few feet more than boat
length in advance OF the splashing
Ellis. Harvards time was 1886 3-5:
Yale's. $3.50. close to the record Of 1888
made many years ago. and wnlcn
yachts along the last mile of the
course kept at anchor. AS 1t was they
churned up the water SO much that
both crews had a hard time getting
through to the line. Both crews rowed
a thirty stroke after their initial squirt,
and finished with thirty-six sprint.
splashing badls.
Referee Meikleham took the two sec
ong Fights to the upper course for the
follow Immediately. to avoid the rough
water caused by yachts and craft of
all kind on the lower one. This de-
layed the start two hours. Harvard
got the jump in this race by quarter
Of q length. and held that lead for q
mile, tho two crews rowing thirty-two
strokes to the minute. After passing
the mile Yale began a series Of spurts
which Harvard met in every case, and
at the mile and a half mark the Grim
son crew was a half length ahead. In
the fight down to the line the Crimson
eight raised its stroke to thirty-four,
and then to thirty-six, rowed heauti-
fsy snd ss the 5s fey
Yale In 1923. Yale'a was caught 1t