Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-25
BREAKS TIE
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away. Once Strengthened out Yale
dropped to }. beat while the Grim
son kept the stroke two notches
higher. Nevertheless Yale led by a
second at the half-miie flags. but
lost the advance for a short period
in the latter half initial mile.
At the mile and a half the official
timers caught the two shells abso-
lutely even. each being blocked in
1.5O.
Yale responded better than did the
Crimson and slowly but surely forged
ahead until at the two mile flags the
Ellis were about an eighth of shell
length in the van and rowing pow
erfuIiy. but in rather ragged fashion.
Driving their oars into the water at
the rate of II while Harvard kept
her beat one higher, the Blue gained
an inch of advantage with every
heaye and at two and a half mile
mark was third OF a length in front.
This advantage was Increased to al
most a length at the end of three
miles and Yale cohorts on trains,
shore and river craft were cheering
wildly as open water threatened to
appear for the first time between the
two slender racing shells. But they
counted without the fighting spirit
of the Harvard crew for it was here
that the Cam bridge combination cut
loose with squirt which for a mo-
ment appeared likely to turn defeat
into victory.
Without materially increasing the
stroke which was averaging about
81 the Crimson oarsmen put an ad-
ditional heave and lift into every
beat under the drive directed by
Stroks Appleton and Coxwain Pier
son. Quickly all possibility of an
open water victory vanished and the
Yale crew sensed a new danger as
the Harvard shell began to creep up
slowly but steadily, the knife-like
PROV passing first the stroke and the
number seven. six and five in the
Yale boat.
The Eib appeared to hang and
check in their progress but the de
bacie never came. The Yale crew
rallied and within a few seconds was
under full headway again. The Cam
bridge drive resulted in a net gain
OF about "a half length. but the effort
took much of the reserve power
from the Crimson oarsmen and soon
Yale was leading by three quarters
OF length again. This distance Sc
parated the two Fights at three and
one half mile flags and try as they
i III 40 ~, In
tors could not reduce the Ellis advan-
tage and this was approximately the
margin of Victory when the two
shells with their exhausted load of
oarsmen slid under the railroad
bridge at the finish line.
While the time was not particular
~ fast. withstanding the favora-
BILE conditions the closenesS of the
race and the efforts to hold or regain
the lead told heavily upon the lndiVl-
dual members of the crews.
Captain Herd, at No. 4, in the Yale
shell, was the first to show the
strain of the struggle and waVering
and swinging on his slide, completed
the final half mile in a semi conscious
condition To collapse completely at
the finish. Stroke Haldeman and Car
men at No. showed also the effects
of the long and bitterly contested bat
tie down the Thames but all were
soon erect on their slides again af-
ter a moments rest and an applca-
ton Of water splashed upon them by
their crew mates.
In the Harvard shell the strain told
equally and it was wobbly eight
that dropped their sweeps at the boom
of the finish gun, but like Yale, they
were soon ready to step into the
coachs launch for the return trip TO
training quarters. the final episode in
a six months training for rowing
honors.
While the great majority of the
spectators did not arrive in town I'M
ill afternoon and missed entirely the
forenoon races in which Yale won the
freshman race and Harvard the two
mile junior contest the late influx
was perhaps in excess of recent re-
gattas.
There was very little wagering on
the result and what few bets were
made were between friends, at even
money.