Word: cut
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...crossed the finish line at New London last July, a winner over Yale by six lengths, the victory culminated perhaps the most notable week in the history of Harvard rowing, a week in which Harvard had won six out of six races from Yale, each race in a clean-cut and decisive manner. In 1899 the University crews were all victorious at New London, but at that time there were only three races, those between the university eights and fours and freshman eights, so the out come of this year's races was even more triumphant...
...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 for two miles. At the half-mile the lead was one-third of a length, and after the first mile had been...
...half in 2 minutes, 25 seconds, making the fourth successive win in this event for Harvard. Unfortunately the race for freshman fours was a farcical affair as Yale had only three men to fill her boat, the fourth man being used in her freshman eight. The distance was cut down from a mile to a half-mile course, both crews rowing without a bow oar. Harvard won in 2 minutes, 48 seconds, a scant three-quarters of a length ahead...
...teams, seldom receive the collectors with civility, and still more seldom with charity. The baffled harpies are driven to "bleeding" guileless Freshmen, haunting their rooms during the first two or three days in order to catch them before the first installments of allowances are exhausted, or before they cut their eyeteeth. Thus the greatest part of the total yearly income by subscriptions is made up; much of the remainder is accounted for by the contributions of competitors' friends...
...Friday. In several other events, records were closely approached. The half-mile was won by Beck of Pennsylvania in 1 minute, 56 3-5 seconds, 3-5 of a second behind the record held by Parsons of Yale. With better weather conditions a full second would probably have been cut off of the time in this event. Howe of Yale ran the 120-yard hurdles in 15 2-5 seconds, 1-5 of a second behind the time made by Shaw of Dartmouth last year. Talbott of Cornell was unable to reach his own mark of 167 feet, 4 inches...