Word: bump
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...important that the coxswains study the chart of the river and observe the rules. All bumps must be made on the outside. Each crew must keep to the inside course in rounding a curve, to give the crew behind a chance to bump. A crew disregarding this rule will be considered bumped...
Captain Burr, the first speaker was greeted with prolonged cheers. He spoke briefly about the development and condition of the team. The season began with rather moderate material,--men from second and Freshman teams. The team progressed satisfactorily until the Annapolis game, when it received a decided bump. This did the morale of the team a great deal of good. The Yale game, however, will be a hard one, and nobody should feel overconfident from the result of the Dartmouth game. In the coaching this year, the team has been made to do more thinking than before; it has been...
...first division racing yesterday, Mount Auburn Street again showed itself to be a fast crew, and after gaining slowly on Claverly from the start, made a bump before the second bend. Beck-Hampden-Fairfax also rowed well, and bumped Randolph a few hundred yards before the first bend was reached. Thayer got off well at the start and kept steadily ahead of Second Mount Auburn Street...
...second division the crews were more evenly matched. At the first bend Weld was some ninety feet ahead of Matthews, but at the second bend quickened the stroke and finished far in the lead. Before the second bend Russell-Ware had bumped College House. Matthews was considered bumped as it did not keep to the inside of the river, and allow Perkins to bump...
...first of the annual interdormitory bumping races was rowed downstream yesterday afternoon, over the one and three-eighths mile course, finishing just beyond the Newell boathouse. The weather conditions could not have been better for rowing, as the river was smooth, it was cool, and the sun was not shining. One bump was made in the first division and two in the second...