Word: crews
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Reception to second crew in Living Room of Union...
...Yale University crew won from Harvard on the Thames on June 19, in what has been termed the most remarkable rowing contest ever seen on American waters. The margin of victory was so small that stop-watches could not measure it. The judges at the finish were in doubt as to the actual amount of Yale's lead, placing it between three feet and a few inches, but were agreed that Yale had won. The crowds in the observation trains and on the water were divided in opinion until the final announcement of the referee...
...start, the Yale crew jumped slightly into the lead, heading the University for the first time in six years. After the first sprint, Yale managed to increase her lead slowly until at the end of the first mile it measured a half-length. Then Harvard gained a quarter of a length, and about in this same position the two boats traveled for two miles, Yale's edge varying from 15 to 35 feet according as one crew rested or spurted...
With perhaps an eighth of a mile left, Harvard still had a few feet on her opponents. Then Appleton instituted his final spurt, bringing the two crews even again. One crew would spring ahead slightly when it was pulling and the other recovering for a new catch. In this fashion, they raced to the finish. As it happened, Yale was pulling and Harvard recovering when the line was crossed. By so fine a margin was the victory determined. This race, captured by a single stroke, is likely to remain the most remarkable in the history of the two universities...
Harvard second crew.--Stroke, Lund; 7, Curtis; 6, Morgan; 5, J. W. Middendorf; 4, H. S. Middendorf; 3, Meyer; 2, Talcott; bow, Saltonstall (captain); cox., Kreger...