Word: columbia
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...Saturday afternoon, April 17, the University crew easily defeated Columbia over the mile and seven-eighths course in the basin by about six lengths. The time of the University crew was 9 minutes, 54 seconds, and Columbia finished in 10 minutes, 13 seconds. The victory was a decisive one; after the first stroke , when the bow of the Columbia shell went a few inches ahead, the University crew led throughout. Early in the race it could be seen that Columbia had suffered from lack of practice, for the men were rowing more as eight individuals than as a crew...
...more than half the course, but at the finish it was choppy. It was not until after a false start, caused by the pistol's missing fire, that the crews finally got away. The University crew, rowing 39 to the minute, went into the lead on the second stroke. Columbia was rowing 38. After securing a slight advantage, Sargent dropped the stroke to about 35, and the University crew passed the quarter-mile mark a third of a length ahead. At this point Columbia was still struggling desperately at 36 to the minute. At the half-mile the University crew...
Before College opens after the spring recess, the crew, the baseball team, and the lacrosse team will have begun their schedules. This afternoon on the Charles the University crew rows against Columbia in what we hope will be a successful attempt to make up for the defeat of two years ago. Coach rice is an experienced leader, and although he has been obliged to make numerous eleventh-hour shifts in the Columbia boat, he will probably send out a very powerful crew. The University eight was considerably set back by Captain Severance's resignation in February, but fortunately a good...
...University team is unusually strong this year, having lost only one game, against Haverford. It has defeated Princeton and tied Yale and Columbia. Cornell has done rather poorly this season, being defeated by Yale and Haverford in its last two games. Since then, however, the team has practiced steadily, and should show marked improvement...
...Columbia squad arrived last night and went directly to the Hotel Victoria. The crew will row this morning at 10 o'clock, and also this afternoon. This will be the first chance to get the order of the crew as it will race against Harvard, for it has been changed repeatedly in the last few days. The University management will extend the use of the "Veritas" to Coach Rich for both the morning and afternoon rows of the Columbia crew...