Word: backed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...semi-finals in the 100-yard dash resulted in bringing together Whitham and Cartmell of Pennsylvania. Sherman of Dartmouth, Cary of Yale and Gamble of Princeton for the final race. Whitham was set back a yard for a false start, but ran Sherman of Dartmouth a very close race for second place, the judges finally awarding the place to Sherman. Cartmell of Pennsylvania won from both of them by a yard and a half, while Gamble of Princeton came in fourth...
Harvard, though placed a little back of the starting line, took the lead in the first few strokes, rowing at the rate of 38 to the minute as against Cornell's 36. Shortly after the quarter-mile flag was reached, Harvard led by a clear length, with both crews rowing 34 strokes to the minute. At the bridge the University crew had increased its lead to two lengths of open water, and Cornell had dropped its stroke to 30. At this point the visiting crew made a desperate effort to make good its loss, but in vain, as the University...
Seats for the grandstand for the Harvard-Cornell boat race, to be rowed on the Charles River Saturday, are on sale at Wright & Ditson's and Herrick's, Boston, and Leavitt & Peirce's, Cambridge, at $2 each. The stand is situated near the finish of the race, on Back street, at the foot of Berkeley street, Boston, where the stand for the Columbia race was built last year. Bulletius of the start of the race will be announced...
Those who miss the boat in the morning can leave on the 10.43 or 12.45 train to Nantasket Beach. Trains return in the afternoon at 2.20 and 3.30. None of these trains stop at Back...
...their three games, defeating Brown and Nichols, and losing to St. Mark's and Cambridge Latin. Batting has been their weak point, but improvement has been shown since the last game, and with McKay, who has been out of the last two games on account of sickness, back in the game, some indication of the real strength of the team may be expected. Andover has a fairly strong team this year, but was defeated by the Yale freshmen last Saturday...