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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice yesterday consisted in rowing down stream as far as the Longwood bridge and returning to the University boathouse in stretches. As a whole the crew did not row as well as it did on Friday. The extremely cold wind which blew on the river and the changes in the boat probably account for the poorer work. The four-oar crew...
Technical World--"Why the Bennington Blew Up," by A. S. Johnson '85; "A Petition", by H. van Dyke h.94...
...field was in excellent conditions, and the wind that blew all the morning has removed all traces of last night's shower...
Although the track was in good condition a strong south wind which blew up the stretch interfered with fast performances on the track. Some of the events were run in very creditable time, however, notably the two-mile run which was won in 10 m., 5 2-5 s. In this race, after a fast start, the lead alternated between H. F. Miller, Jr., '08 and M. H. Stone '07 until the beginning of the second mile. Here D: Grant 4M. forged to the front and alternated in the lead with A. King 2L. until the last half...
...offense lacked the coherence essential to effectiveness and the few substantial gains made were the result of brilliant individual work unaided by interference, and occasional spontaneous developments of team play from the exigencies of a desperate situation. In defense, on the contrary, the Harvard team played till the whistle blew for the last time a truly heroic game, a game in which by sheer grit and pluck in the face of insuperable seconds eleven men time and again stayed off a finally inevitable defeat at the hands of one of the best teams which ever played for Yale...