New-York tribune., 1919-06-21

sharper than Harvard. The crews kept
between thirty-two and thirty. Only
once did we catch them at anything
higher than that, and we never found
the beat lower.
There was little to choose between
the eights in the first two miles. Har-
ward was often ahead, but with the two
mile stake behind them, Yale's higher
stroke began to get results. There
was more power in the boat, and be-
tween the two-mile mark and the two
and half Yale drew away rapidly and
easily. 1t was quarter, half, three
quarters, and a length Harvard did
not attempt to meet the squirt at once,
but when it did it gained nothing.
There was a constant din now from
all the Yale rooters, and all the blue
flags were futtering. Just before
parate and slugged away at the water
to beat down Yale's lead Carson
wntrhed the crimson boAt and let it
come up an eighth of length Then
Yale sailed out and took the gain away
in less than thirty strokes That
broke the heart Of the Harvard boat
Harvard Tired at Finish
From then ON 20 the end the Har-
vRrd eight fought, and fought hard,
but it was only to hang on In the
good deal of had rowing Several men
in the boat we're swAying- But still
they plugged along, and Yale WAS Il
/ length ahead
In the last quarter Yale pulled away
and won open WateT- 1t was a length
and q half ut the end and the Harvard
crew WAS very tIred. Yale caIne acrosE
IN perfect form, rowing 81, their thstest
baat Of the journey except at the very
start. Once ncross the line No. A IN the
Harvard boat collapsed and IN the
Yale boat did not git up very. long
1t YVES q victory OF stamina and form
as well, and nobody can grndge Y ale it's
fling Tonight Not only did the Blue
win a striking victory, but they stepped
in and prevented 100 newspaper men
from writing @Hn1wRrd Swept the
ThanaE."
Enrxarn Freshies Enger
Both the freshman and the second
varsity races developed INTO pretty
contests The Harvard freshmen were
frs, to reach the starting line They
we're a little early, for Yale was in
pnsitinn IN time for tha race to start
promptly at 10-3l The day YVES gray,
but conditions vera otherwise ideal,
for the water had been entirely irDned
out and there WAS no bTeeZe-
Yale was away rowing 81 Strokes to
the minute. while the Harvard beat
was st-roke lower, but the Crimson
shell picked up almost half q length
in the first two hundred yards Har-
ward kept up its perfect 96 for min
ute OF so. and then dropped to 80, with
Yale vainly striving to cut down the
| load by rowing 81
At the quarter Harvard led by three
quarters of a length and a hundred
yards further on it WIS n length- Then
came a few fee1 Of open water 1t
seemed a walkover for Harvard Up
to this point Cheney, the Yale stroke,
haa been working raggedly and was
chopping badly At the half he had
settled down, and with him came the
crew Soon there waS no open water.
uand-over-hand the Yale shell crept
Up on the Harvard boat At the half
Harvard had only seven-eighths Of a
length lead The Crimson crew was
| content to hold this advantage and
was rowing smoothly and easily. The
trouble was that they could not hold
AT the mile Yale had won back g
little more, Harvard had about forty
feet advantsgs- Yale was rowing one
beat higher, with the crews gliding
along at 81 and 80. Harvard held this
lead for bit, but Yale was pressing
the crew to its limit. Soon the lead
was only half a length, and coming tc
the last quarter the Yale eight begar
to slug. The Eli oarsmen forgot many
Of the things that had been taught
them in the last five months, but ir
spite of faults they put so much oi
their backs and legs and shoulders anC
hearts into the drive that they whitfield
away the Harvard advantage. Twenty
feet was Harvard's margin, and Yale
bit into it now.
Yale Keeps Gaining
Tho finish was only few yards
away, but Yale was gaining all the
time. IF only the stakes had consented
to hop hack few yards Yale nigh
have won, but the finish line showet
no favors and held it's ground. Both
sides shouted, but no one did any
predicting. Terry, in the Harvard crew
was breaking. Yale seemed full O
fight and slugging. With the last tw'
strokes the stakes seemed to leap for
ward to the oncomng crews.
Harvard won by four feet in one o
the closest races ever seen on tht
Thames. Once over the line it was The
Yale crew which seemed broken, whil
the Harvard men were all sitting "
straight. Spencer, the No. 7 il
the Yale freshman boat, toppled for
ward, which is an indication Of tn
thoroughly spent man. Whitney, a
bow, and Martin, at No. 6, wer
not quite as exhausted as all that, bu
they were tired enough to flop on thei
backs and stay there for minute o
two.
G. NJ. Appleton, the Harvard bow, re
manned upright for moment aftc
the finish, but then decided that sine
his crew had won there was no par
ticular use in making q showing an,
longer and he went down on his back
The Harvard youngsters were stroke,
by Bradlce, who is "a brother Of th
famous Crimson halfback on Bricklcy'
team.
After the race was over some Of tn
experts contended that in spite Of tn
closeness Of the finish Harvard ha'
quite little in reserve. 1t may be sc
but the Crimson youngsters coul'
hardly have drawn the finish any finer
The half mile times Of the frcshma'
race were as follows: Harvard. 2:2a
Ell rs, 1854. and 1926 3-5. The tim
Of the winners was rather slow in com
parlson with other ycars, but the. ex