New Britain herald., 1921-06-25
5 VARSITY WINS
 GRUELLING RACE
That NiCkallS Scored Rows
 |nely Against Harvard

-London. Juno 25.-In the
 ple of grit and gameneSs
 Hlte heat of n terrific strug-
 a flaming spirit which truly Ipired n new Yale crew was st evening. Into the fifty-third
 th the Harvard eight over the He course on tho Thames river
 n Eli varsity which had been
 by fortune. indicted and dis
 by it's coaeh---abandoned by ept Yale and itself.
 s mile followed mile. spurt fol- npurt and challenge was met hpnter challenge the hitherto h became vcritable titans. This ow, which had been libeled and as "gutless." dashed to the
 tho word "go," fought off after menace as it refused to ded. and clawed it's way to a s triumph over Harvard by narters of a length.
 as q race of races-this memor- little which gave to Yale the lead historic series with Harvard. by 3ories to 26. The Els not only ht they rowed ono of the fastest been since tho old rivals came to James. Tho Blue was caught in hutes 4t seconds. as against the record of 20 minutes seconds. swns set by a great Harvard )nl9t6. There was only a fair ' the river. and a quartering fNR the southwest aided the kn very little.
 Doggcd Fight to Finish Fe have been many close races en Yale and Harvard, but this he to set Yale hearts wild with lion and quicken Harvard pulses beat of trepiaton. For two and miles the shells lapped each It was give and take. up and at 1ght. fight. fight every foot ot eary way down the old Thames. 70 and a half miles they match oke for stroke, rally with rally. To fought in vain to establish a anding lead and Harvard battled mad to pull away from this un- ed threat.
 Yale in Victory Spirit 'ain did Appleton. the stalwart rd stroke. hit up a thirty-siN as iRed his men for their failure to the Ell shell. Tn vain did Har- all on it's reserve power to throt- } menace before 1t became over Ing. Yale this day was not to be ed.
 the two and a half mile mark MNwas only 10 fet behind Yale.
 that point on it was Yale in and the Crimson straining effort oh up.
 three miles open water showed sn the boats. Not very much of enough to show that Yale had a f more than a length. and Yale n the observation trains and on nks Of tho river went into a wild nm. They hardly could believe syes as they saw that same old xht which had trailed Pennsyl-
 Columbia. Princeton and n. that same old Eli eight which leen called 'gutless' by Guy s. that same Yale crew making ,ce only one mile from glory. Harvard combination fighting in ir.
 crashing. heart and muscle ng beat down the lane of yachts In the last mile of the long bat s worthy of an epic of Homer. va of sport ever glorified more nndablc gift and spirit. and it
 both shells.
 Squirting in Last Mile . past tho thr~e mile mark Yale a big spurt and began to draw but Harvard met this with a big ,f it's own. Tt was the Crimson's
 effort. The Harvar sweet ks pulled their oars as If they
 lear their hearts out. They hs if. not satisfied with progress fero making in their boat they to claw their way through the ming mile. This was a he-race. it no longer was a question of sdding to its lead. It's big task hold Harvard. and after tho m had won back about A [ of a length Yale did hold it.