Word: elision
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Later that night, as Eliot and Winthrop House students danced in tuxedos, Harvard police prevented a group of 300 Elis from defacing the John Harvard statue.
The crews exchanged slim leads, but were still dead even after 1250 meters. At this mark, both boats raised their cadences. As the stroke rate climbed, the Crimson began to move on the Elis.
When Harvard moved, Yale struggled. With 500 meters left, the Crimson again increased the cadence to open up a boatlength lead on the now exhausted Elis. As the crews sprinted past the crowded grandstand, Harvard held on to top Yale by just over one length.
Yale brought home this prestigious trophy, as the Elis won both the JV and freshman races. Harvard's JV boat finished sixth, and the freshman came in ninth.
In the doubleheader opener, junior centerfielder Brian Ralph continued his hot hitting, blasting a solo homer and driving in three runs to help give starter Andrew Duffell (6-0) the complete-game victory, 12-4. The win pushed Harvard a game and a half in front of idle Yale to...