Word: bumps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...James Smith C 22. Brown, M. C., Standish A 34. Brown, R. C., Walter Hastings 36. Brown, R. G., Persis Smith B 12. Browning, J. S., Jr., Standish A 32. Brunswick, D. M., Standish E. 35. Buell, M. S., Dana 34. Buel, R. van W., Gore D 12. Bump, A. H., 184 Concord Ave., Belmont. Burr, W. Jr., Gore A 34. Burrage, W. S., James Smith B 34. Burri, A. T., Gore D 41. Burry, W., Jr., James Smith B 34. Bush, C. W., 169 Crest Ave., Revere. Busk, J. R., George Smith B 31. Byers, R. K., Gore...
Both races yesterday were uneventful, the only chance of a bump being spoiled when the rudder of the Mt. Auburn street shell broke just off the Stillman Infirmary. The crew was then within ten feet of Claverly and in all probability would have bumped it before the finish. Randolph and Hampden-Dunster, the first crews in each division, increased their leads on the other boats throughout their races...
...Only one bump was made yesterday in the first day of the inter-dormitory bumping races for the Filley Cup. This occurred in the second division, Fairfax bumping Holyoke street just past the second bend. A cold drizzle and head wind made it hard for the crews to row their best...
...rowing a slow stroke, and, keeping the same positions relative to each other, they continued to gain until the Stillman Infirmary was reached. Rounding the bend at that point poor steering caused Russell to drop back, and it looked for a time as if Claverly would score a bump, but half way down the straightaway Harrower hit up his stroke, and the crews finished about as they had started...
While there were only two bumps yesterday, both races were spirited and hard-fought contests, and those crews which did not bump nevertheless exerted themselves to the very finish. A considerable number of undergraduates watched the races from the bank...