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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...time of 23 4-5 seconds, breaking the dual and Harvard record of 24 3-5 seconds, formerly held by J. L. Bremer, Jr., '96. Willis's performance in this event has been beaten only once in America and that by Kraenzlein who did 1-5 of a second better at the intercollegiate games in 1898 and established the present world's record. Tingley made the longest shot put ever credited to a Harvard man in competition and broke Robinson's record of 43 feet 4 inches by 4 inches. In the preliminaries of the 220 yards hurdles Scheuber lowered...
...last lap he won out by several yards. Grew held second place until within forty yards of the tape when Jacobus and Stevens passed him and took second and third respectively. The time, 4.33 1-5, was the fastest Teel has ever made and was considerably better than any of the Harvard men have done. Harvard 15, Yale...
...little while and cannot take the assets of the Co-operative Society with them when they go, yet we ought to have regard for the interests of our successors, as sur predecessors had for ours, and not give up once and for all the control of this Society without better reasons than have been given in favor of doing so. M. A. SULLIVAN, Member of the Board of Directors
...crew went over the two mile course yesterday afternoon finishing well below the Union Boat Club, in ten minutes and thirteen seconds. The crew spaced better and travelled faster during the last mile than they did during the first and at the finish they ran the stroke up to 35 to the minute without any difficulty. Their chief fault is an occasional tendency to shorten at five and six which effects all the bow oars. Yesterday the boat showed marked improvement in this respect. The change at seven has not, as might be expected, in the least upset the boat...
...break in the CRIMSON'S long line of annual victories will be possible, as the CRIMSON'S captain said in an interview late last night: "We have never had a better nucleus for a team than we have in Foster, our crack twirler, and we should double the score of 28 to 7 made last year." Several umpires have been engaged, but it has not yet been decided in what order they will be used...