To Mr. John Richardson, Jr., captain of the undefeated Harvard crew of 1908, the author owes a special debt for expert counsel, for the freedom of the Harvard coaching launch, and, above all else, for personal inspiration. A. T. DUDLEY. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS CHAPTER I JOHN SMITH, PRESIDENT CHAPTER II THE CUP CHAPTER III ARCHIBALD DUNN CHAPTER IV RECRUITS FOR THE FOOTBALL SQUAD CHAPTER V AT ADAMS’S CHAPTER VI THE STORY OF JASON CHAPTER VII SUMNER CHOOSES A SUCCESSOR CHAPTER VIII A SLIGHTED OFFER CHAPTER IX THE NEWBURY GAME CHAPTER X THE SCOUTS BRING NEWS CHAPTER XI A FRUITLESS INTERVIEW CHAPTER XII PRESIDENT JOHN’S IDEALS CHAPTER XIII THE COMMITTEE DECIDES CHAPTER XIV THE TROWBRIDGE GAME CHAPTER XV DUNN’S DISAPPOINTMENTS CHAPTER XVI MIKE ADVISES CHAPTER XVII A KINDLED AMBITION CHAPTER XVIII THE SHOOTING MATCH CHAPTER XIX A LOSS TO THE NINE CHAPTER XX IN THE PAIR-OAR CHAPTER XXI THE SECOND CREW CHAPTER XXII A SHIFT IN THE BOAT CHAPTER XXIII THE WEAKENED HEART CHAPTER XXIV THE TRIALS CHAPTER XXV THE FINAL STRUGGLE CHAPTER XXVI CONCLUSION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLUSTRATIONS The Westcott man clutched the ball over his rival’s head