Word: bend
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Dunbar, right tackle, prepared at South Bend High School. He is 19 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs 185 pounds...
...these races a great deal depends upon the judgment of the coxswains. For their benefit the following regulations were decided upon. The bumping crew must keep to the outside of the bend and the crew bumped must drop out to the inside. The success of the races depends upon the observance of these rules. In order to identify the crews, coxswains will wear large numbers on their backs...
...annual single scull race for the Carroll perpetual challenge cup will be rowed on the Charles on Wednesday, May 24, at 4 o'clock, downstream over a one-mile course from the bend above Mt. Auburn Cemetery to the bend above the Stillman Infirmary. The winner will retain possession of the cup for one year and his name will be inscribed upon...
...high wind and rough water the race was started late in the afternoon. The boat stroked by French was given a handicap of five seconds; Shepard's and Farley's crews started even. Owing to the accident to the rudder; Farley's boat ran ashore at the second bend below the start. Shepard's crew has already taken a slight lead and at the finish was but a quarter-length behind French's boat...
...rowed against the tide and on stationary seats. The start was made about a mile up-stream from the Newell Boat Club and the finish was opposite the boathouse. Crew A got the better start and at once took the lead, rowing a stroke of 36. At the first bend in the course Crew B, which was rowing a 32 stroke, was a length behind but at the second bend this lead had been reduced to half a length. Crew B then raised its stroke to 36 and from the beginning of the straightaway to the finish the crews were...