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...final race of the inter-dormitory bumping series was successfully rowed yesterday afternoon. Only two bumps were made, one in each division, but all the crews fought hard for their positions, and the races were consequently the most exciting of the series. One of the best contests of the afternoon was between the Holworthy-Stoughton and the Brattle street crews, the former boat finally making the bump...
...boat. Claverly held its own, however, and slowly gained on the boat ahead. Brattle street, in the meanwhile, was making desperate efforts to overtake Waverley and might have succeeded, had not the Holworthy-Stoughton crew, which was rowing a much slower and steadier stroke, caught up and made its bump not two hundred yards from the finish. The latter crew proved to be one of the best on the river and would probably have bumped the Brattle street boat much sooner but for an accident to the stroke's slide at the start...
After four minutes of hard rowing Grays bumped Russell. When these boats bad dropped out Holyoke second was far behind, rowing in ragged form, and soon left the race. Thayer in the meantime was unable to gain on the Matthews boat, which held its lead to the finish. Perkins, the next in order was rowing in much better form than on Tuesday, but was not quite able to overtake Thayer. At the curve by the Stillman infirmary, Weld drew up to and passed the Fairfax crew, but on the wrong side. It then dropped back and attempted to make...
...race for Division A started at 4.50 o'clock in the following order: 1, Claverly; 2, Westmorly; 3, Holyoke (first); 4, Dunster-Drayton; 5, Waverley; 6, Brattle street; 7. Holworthy-Stoughton; 8, Mt.Auburn street. Within two minutes Westmorly, which was rowing in improved form, bumped Claverly, this winning the first position for today's race. Holyoke (first) finished without a bump. Waverley bumped the Dunster-Drayton crew on the straightaway before the last curve, but the latter failed to stop at the judge's signals, and Brattle street coming up stopped, thinking it had made a bump. The Holworthy-Stoughton...
...meeting of the dormitory crew captains, last evening, it was decided that the inter-dormitory races should be bumping races, similar to those rowed at Oxford and Cambridge. The advantage of these races is that any number of boats can race, whereas in the regular straight-away races not more than four boats can row abreast. The object of the race is to bump the boat ahead. That boat is then out of the race and the successful crew is eligible to compete in the next race...