Word: drives
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...laid out, is a little over ten miles in length. The start will be made from the gymnasium, the course extending from there across the Common, down Concord avenue, along Garden street to Sherman street, thence to the dike, through the clay-pits to Concord avenue, down Fresh Pond drive, round Fresh Pond, up path through woods to Mt. Auburn street, over Brattle street to Mason, across the Common to the Law School steps...
There will be a checker at the beginning of the dike and also one near the Fresh Pond drive. Each man is to call out his name as he passes the checker, and all men, whose names are not on both lists, will be disqualified. The first three men in will receive prizes...
...trial eights on Saturday was won by J. H. Perkins's crew by a short quarter of a length. From the start until the line was crossed the result was in doubt. One hundred yards from the finish both crews were even and going strongly. The superior leg drive of Perkins's crew, however, and the fact that they had a little more spurt left gave them the victory. The time, roughly taken, was 9m. 51s. The conditions were fairly good. The tide was going out slightly and a light wind gave the water just sufficient life...
...crews. Biddle is a good stroke, and Perkins at 3 backs him up with a powerful oar. Brown, No. 2, is rowing a bit roughly and Wood at bow does not seem to use all his strength to advantage. The chief faults of the crew are lack of leg drive and slowness in shooting the hand away on the recover...
...improvements have been made, and also opposite Longfellow Park. A speedway, for which there has been some demand, will probably run from the corner of Market street, just this side of the abattoir, across the marshes to the northwest corner of Soldiers Field. As this would be a mile drive, over level marshes, with no cross roads, it would make an excellent speedway. The Legislature has just appropriated a sum of money for the general uses of the Park Commission, and some of it will probably be used for the construction of such a road. Considerable draining and grading would...