Word: bended
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...bumps resulted yesterday in the first day of the inter-dormitory bumping races for the Filley Cup. In the first division race Randolph bumped Thayer just before the first bend was reached and in the next race Russell bumped Perkins within 100 yards from the start. The weather conditions were perfect for racing. As a result of yesterday's bumps Randolph and Thayer in the first division and Russell and Perkins in the second division will interchange positions at the starting line today...
...mark at the gun, but Randolph was the only crew which was well together, and it immediately began to gain on Thayer. Chanler, at stroke, lowered the beat but very little after the start and kept driving his crew until it had bumped Thayer shortly before the first bend. Both crews then dropped out of the race. Oxford street, which started in last position, was out of the race almost immediately, but all the men stuck at their task with spirit until the finish line was crossed. Weld was able to stay right behind Claverly until within 300 yards...
...first of the inter-dormitory bumping races will be rowed this afternoon over the same course as last year. The races will start at the end of the long stretch above the Boylston street bridge, beyond the second bend, and will finish at an imaginary line between the bridge end of the Newell boathouse floats and a range flag. The crews will row in two divisions, starting at 3.45 and 4.15 o'clock respectively, and will take their positions in the following order...
Yesterday afternoon the University eight rowed up-stream to the bend at the head of the half-mile stretch above the Infirmary, accompanied by Coach Wray in a single. The crew rowed in short stretches at an average stroke of about 30, with the exception of one sprint when the beat went up to 40, and two racing starts. On the first of these the eight rowed just under...
...last meeting in the bomb-proof cellar of the Lampoon's feudal castle the Interpaper Pastimes Association approved Friday, June 3, as a beautiful day for the annual base-running best of the Arterial Blooders with the bowlegged Barons of Bow Street Bend. The Arterial Artists are expected to drive the Lords of Mirth from the lists, and heralds will bawl the decisions of the judges to the fractious faus roaring around the flowing flagons of fragrant nut-brown...