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...about a mile it looked like a Union walkaway, with the graduate eight setting an unusually high beat which kept them well out in front. Their lead was never more than half a length, however, and just in front of Harvard bridge the seconds challenged effectively with an increased stroke and as the shells flashed out the other side there was nothing to choose between them...
Perhaps the best race of the evening was the three-mile grind for the Williams Cup, which Gordon Nightingale, formerly of New Hampshire State, running in top form, won in a walkaway in the last two turns; while the most thrilling team-race was that between Exeter and Andover, which Exeter finally won. The lead kept see-sawing back and forth between the two teams, and at no time were the two men more than a few yards apart...
...race, a triangular affair with Princeton and Pennsylvania, showed Princeton the victor and the University in second place, one-third of a length behind. Defeat was again administered by Cornell by a two lengths margin. The final aim of the season was attained, however, on June 25 by the walkaway from Yale, eight lengths separating the two shells at the finish...
...clash with Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., was not quite such a walkaway, although the Williams team scored its 35 points easily. Twice the Union attack reached the Purple 5-yard line only to be hurled back by the Williams eleven that showed real fighting qualities...
...Freshman race from start to finish was a walkaway for the Cornell boat. Up to the quarter-mile mark the two crews were very nearly even, but from that time on the Cornell yearlings pulled steadily ahead with better blade work and superior driving power. The lead was gradually increased until the finish line, when the Ithacan '23 outfit crossed the line nine lengths ahead of the Crimson Freshmen...