Word: behind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...three, and Cunningham took Phillips's seat at two. On the way back, the two eights took the mile and seven-eighths stretch. At Harvard bridge Bullard's crew had a slight lead, but going somewhat out of the course to keep near the launch, finished over a length behind Ayer's crew...
...brush over the mile and seven-eighths course on Saturday, Ayer's crew held the lead for a mile and a half, but became ragged in the last half mile and finished over a length behind Bullard's crew. Both crews were very unsteady. In a short spurt, just before going into the boat house, both crews ran the stroke up to about 38 and finished even...
...start the first two Newell crews got the jump on the other crews and kept their lead up to the quarter mile. The first two Weld crews, about half a length behind, were absolutely even. In the rear the third Weld led the third Newell by a few feet...
...crews neared the Harvard bridge the first Weld gained rapidly on the Newell crews, passing the second Newell and tieing the first Newell. By a sharp spurt at the bridge, however, the first Newell again got the lead, with the first Weld and second Newell half a length behind, tied for second place. A length and a half to the rear, the third Weld led the third Newell by a length...
...Fifteen strokes from the finish the first Weld overhauled the first Newell, only being beaten three-quarters of a length by the second Weld. The shells of the first and second crews of both clubs were overlapping at the finish. The third crews finished two lengths of open water behind the second Newell, the third Weld winning by only a few feet...