Word: crews
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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After a rest of five days since the Cornell race the University crew will resume practice today in preparation for the race with Yale at New London on June 28. The crew will row in the same order today as it did last Friday, and it is unlikely that any further changes will be made in the boat this year, as the crew made such a creditable showing individually and as a whole in the race with Cornell...
...University second eight was beaten in the Junior Collegiate race by the Syracuse second crew in 7 minutes and 37 seconds. The winner led the Pennsylvania second eight by a length from the eighth-mile point...
...Freshmen were beaten by 4 seconds by the University of Pennsylvania first crew. The time was 7 minutes and 9 seconds...
...close race, over the mile and a half course, from below the Longwood bridge to the Union Boat Club, on the Charles River on Saturday afternoon, the Springfield High School crew defeated the Freshman second crew by a third of a length in the fast time of 7 minutes, 30 seconds...
Throughout the race, there was no open water between the boats. The Springfield crew took the lead at the start and after half a mile was half a length in the lead. Both crews were rowing about 32 strokes to the minute, but the Springfield crew showed more life and increased its lead to three-quarters of a length when the mile was reached. The Freshmen then spurted, but could only cut down Springfield's lead to a third of a length at the finish...