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...lead of over half a length, when the stroke was slowed down to 37. Harvard, rowing between 33 and 34 to the minute, spurted time after time to regain the lost distance; but by raising the stroke whenever the lead was threatened, Annapolis maintained her advantage until close to the finish. At the mile post the University crew seemed to have recovered from the surprise of the start, and did its best work of the day, rowing easily and spacing well. At the last quarter mile mark the hard work and high stroke began to tell heavily on the Navy...
Although only one game out of five was won on the lacrosse southern trip, the University team made a better showing than it has for several years. It defeated Annapolis, and lost to Johns Hopkins, Mt. Washington Club, Lehigh and Stevens Institute by very close score. The team scored a total number of 16 points to its opponents' 21, which compares very favorably with last year's total...
...opponents scored two more points towards the end of the half, which ended with the score of 3 to 1 in Mt. Washington's favor. In the second half, Harvard succeeded in keeping the ball in its opponents' territory the greater part of the time, but the splendid, close defence of the Mt. Washington Club team allowed the Harvard attack only one goal. This second goal was shot by Sheip in the last few minutes of play. Mt. Washington scored twice in this half and the game ended, 5 to 2, in their favor. The summary: HARVARD MT. WASHINGTON CLUB...
Entries for the interclass track games, to be held on Soldiers Field Friday afternoon, will close tonight at 6 o'clock. The number of men representing each class in any event will be limited and will be picked from the entries by the class captains tonight. Probably all who enter in the field events will be allowed to compete. The class captains are A. B. Mason '08, W. M. Rand '09, H. Watson '10 and R. C. Foster...
...University association football team lost to Yale Saturday afternoon on Soldiers Field by the close score of 1 to 0. The day was too windy for a good game, as the ball was out of play the greater part of the time...