Word: cracked
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University race was rowed upstream from the railroad bridge to the finish line opposite the Harvard quarters at Red Top, and was started promptly a few minutes after 6 o'clock. By her method of taking shorter strokes in starting Yale gained a slight advantage at the crack of the starting gun, showing 19 strokes in the first half minute to Harvard's 18. But this slight lead was soon cut down and before a quarter of a mile had been rowed Harvard took the lead and settled down to a steady pace of 33, a stroke which was maintained...
...Crack it up as you will...
...break in the CRIMSON'S long line of annual victories will be possible, as the CRIMSON'S captain said in an interview late last night: "We have never had a better nucleus for a team than we have in Foster, our crack twirler, and we should double the score of 28 to 7 made last year." Several umpires have been engaged, but it has not yet been decided in what order they will be used...
...that ball an awful crack...
...last year's rink was due to several causes. In the first place, its small size restricted its use almost wholly to the members of the hockey team. In the second place, it was built on reclaimed land, which caused the water to run out and the ice to crack in consequence when the tide was low. This year arrangements must be made early if the project of having a rink is to be successful, and there is no reason why it should not be so. The most important factor for its success is to have the plans drawn...