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...were made in the second half. Keefe of the Freshmen put over the first goal near the end of the half, but with this accomplishment the 1928 team weakened and the Springfield players forced the ball over the goal two times before the close of the game in a spurt of excellent playing. Mahan and Scott made the two Springfield goals...
Larrivee Wins in Final Spurt...
...close, but little by little the Elis left their rivals behind and the race became slower. It soon became clear that the Blues were taking things easy and no effort at speed was made until the last quarter-mile, when the Yale crew made a final but unnecessary spurt which sent them to victory in a majestic and exultant sweep, four lengths ahead of the Crimsons. Then the Blue crew for the fourth year in succession sat up and grinned at one another as the spent "red bellies" glided home. Little cheering was heard, probably because the issue had long...
...mile run, Harvard came very close to gaining another title. Tibbetts gave Booth of Johns Hopkins, another defending champion, a stiff fight, finishing in second place after a terrific spurt, about six yards behind the winner. The Crimson's remaining four points were contributed by Eastman, who captured fifth place in the shotput with a heave of 46 feet one and three-eighths inches; Greenidge, whose qualifying javelin throw of 178 feet 11 1-2 inches on Friday stood for fourth place in the title competition on Saturday; and Cutcheon, who scored the remaining point by finishing fifth...
...Hobson '24 at number seven and later replaced Elisha Canning '26 at stroke. In the afternoon, during the second eight-mile pull for the day, he spent some time in Captain Henry's place in the first shell. It was during this workout that the first spurt of the year save the first shell a half length lead over a short distance...