Word: draw
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...minutes of five, '90 appeared, soon followed by '87 and then after an interval, by '88 and '89. At five minutes past, '90 flashed through the draw with a clipping stroke, and took her place amid wild cheers on the inside. '87, '88 and '89 followed in order and got into line. There was not much wind by this time and the course was smooth. After the few preliminaries of stripping, etc., the referee's whistle sounded, followed quickly by the report of the gun at about 5.18. All four crews got a good start, the freshmen getting the water...
...LOEB, Sec.The tug chartered by a few '88 men, will leave the draw on West Boston bridge at 4 o'clock promptly Friday. In case of postponement of the races, notice will be posted at Bartlett's at 2 o'clock...
...race will be started at 4.45, promptly. Each crew is requested to be at the Brookline bridge at 4.30, when the railroad draw will be opened. Any crew not on hand at this time will run the risk of being left out of the race...
...soon as the crews have passed through the draw a long whistle will be sounded from the referee's tug as a signal for the crews to get into line. There will be a rope stretched across the river to which four boats will be moored at distances of one hundred feet apart. A man in each boat will hold the stern of a shell. As soon as the shells are in line, two whistles will be sounded as a signal for the men to come out to the full reach. The boats will then be started in the following...
...first time in the game Harvard lost the draw, but the defence got it down to our homes in great shape, and it did not get beyond centre after that. The attack had matters pretty much their own way for a couple of minutes, and Dudley, finally securing a side shot, made the score, 2 to 1. The game was called at this point at the request of the visitors on account of the rain...