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...LONDON, CONN., June 11. - Yale and Harvard did less work on the river today than they have done any day yet since they came here, their rowing being over short stretches to correct and perfect their stroke. The practice was all on the upper end of the course and above their quarters, a section of the river where the crews work is somewhat secluded from observation, and where the water is perfectly still. The Harvard launch came down to the lower end of the course this evening, leaving the crew at work above. The course has not yet been wholly...
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...LONDON, CONN., June 10. - The Yale crew rowed over the course for the first time this evening, showing up in splendid form and doing the work that "Bob" Cook laid out for them very well. The Yale crew started from Gales Ferry in the launch, with the shell towing behind, to the point near the lower end of the former course. The crew stripped and getting into the shell, Captain Cook gave instructions as to what was to be done, and immediately the word was given. They pulled the long, steady stroke that has come to be distinctively Yale...
Yale Willing to Accept.NEW HAVEN, CONN., June 6. - Lewis P. Sheldon, the newly-elected captain of the Yale Track Athletic Team, was asked this afternoon to confirm the statement that Yale and Harvard would be invited to meet Cambridge and Oxford Universities here in September. He said: "I have no knowledge of the matter except through the newspapers. The invitation of the English universities has not been received here. Yale will be delighted to accept the invitation, in case satisfactory arrangements can be made. I do not know whether Harvard will be willing to join Yale in the meet...
...HAVEN, CONN., June 6. - The final match in the tennis tournament for the New England championship was played this afternoon and Howland of New York, defeated Eoote of Yale, the present champion, by the following score...