The New York herald., 1921-06-25
YALE VARSITY wins,
ALSO Eli FRESHMEN,
in GRUELLING RACES
Both Crews, Showing Great
Grit, Row Harvard to
Sheer Exhaustion.
VICTORS IN COLLAPSE
Eight That Nickalls Called
'Gutless' Fights Madly,
Leading Dy 5-4 LengJn.
CRIMSON JUNIORS AHEAD
Freeman, Blue Stroke, Is Mir
acle Man, Who Outnerved
and Outwitted Rivals.
vICTORS IN COLLAPSE
CRIMSON JUNIORS AHEAD

Special Despatch to THE NEW YoHK HERALD.
NEW LONDON, Conn, June 24.-In the
great crucible Of grit and gameness
mid the white heat Of terrific strug-
gle and flaming spirit which truly
was inspired new Yale crew was
born this evening. Into the fifty-third
race with the Harvard eight over the
four mile course on the Thames River
went an Eli varsity which had been
buffeted by fortune, indicted and dis
credited by its coach-abandoned by
all except Yale and itself.
But as mile followed mile, squirt fol-
lowed squirt and challenge was met
with counter challenge the hitherto
inert Ellis became veritable titans. This
Blue crew. which had been libelled and
insulted as "gutless," dashed to the
fore at the word go" fought off men
ace after menace as 1t refused to be
headed, and clawed It's way to glori-
Gus triumph over Harvard by three
quarters Of length.
1t was a race Of races-this memoir
able battle which gave to Yale the lead
in the historic series with Harvard. by
27 victories to 26. The Ellis not only
won but they rowed one of the fastest
races seen since the old rivals came to
the Thames. The Blue was caught in
20 minutes Al seconds, as against the
course record of 20 minutes seconds.
urT vrynn mt hxr n I'D
eight in 1916. There was only fair
current in the river, and a quartering
wind from the southwest aided the
oarsmen very little.
DoGge6 Fight to Finish.
There have been many close races be-
tween Yale and Harvard. but this was
one to set Yale hearts wild with exulta-
ton and quicken Harvard pulses into
beat Of trepidation. For two and a
half miles the shells tapped each other.
It was give and take. UP and at EN-
fight. fight, fight every foot of the
weary way down the old Thames For
two and a half miles they matched
stroke for stroke. rally with rally, as
Yale fought IN vain to establish a COM
manding lead and Harvard battled as II
mad to pull away from this unexpected
threat
For two and a half miles the Harvard
| crew managed to hold a furious Yale
eight In check. And then came the
break. Behind the Yale effort there was
logged determination to win OF fall at
the sweeps. Behind the Ell fury there
Io,, tl,A v,1tn ~ lie
some one on his way back to England
eat his own insult. The old Eli spirit,
which had performed veritable miracles
on field and rowing course. again was
in the ascendant. And Harvard could
not stem It,
Harvard rowed with old Harvard
dash and go and the old Harvard will to
win. Yale had not only all that, but
the spirit Of eight game men who had
been dared to come back. After two
and a half miles Harvard muscles no
longer could hold back this straining
Ell combination. In vain did little
Pierson, the Crimson coxswain, now de-
mand now implore the sweep swingers
who face him to save Harvard from
disgrace In vain he told them that
they were being beaten by "a lot Of
dubs" But deep down In his heart
Pierson knew that this boat load Of Ellis
were no "dubs." They were rowing as
we'll as any other Yale eight ever rowe0
on the Thames. And what was more
they were winning.
Yale In Victory Spirit.
In vain did Appleton. the stalwsrt
Harvard stroke. hit up a thirty-six as
he ragged his men for their failure to
catch the Eli shell. in vain did Har-
ward call on it's reserve power TO throttle
the menace before II became overpower-
ing. Yale this day was not to be
throttled.
At the two and a half mile mark Har-
ward was only 10 feet behind Yale.
but from that point on II was Yale in
front and th Crimson straining effort
to catch UP.
At three miles open water showed be-
tween the boats. Not very much Of II.
but enough to show that Yale had
lead OF more than a length, and Yale
men on the observation trains and on
the banks OF the river went into a wild
delirium. They hardly could believe
their eyes as they saw that same old
Eli eight which had trailed Pennsyiva-
MIA, Columbia. Princeton and Cornell.
that same old Eli eight which had been
called "gutlees" by Guy Nickalls, that
.a ,,o Yaie crow making the mace only