Word: drives
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unofficially, were as follows: Half-mile, 2 minutes, 25 seconds; mile, 4 minutes, 56 seconds; mile and one-half, 7 minutes, 26 seconds; two-mile, 9 minutes, 52 seconds. These times are way above the average, and with respect to the stroke set, they give some idea of the drive of the first crew...
...there has been talk of shells but poorly adapted to the oarsmen. There may be something in all this, probably is, but the whole story is by no means accounted for in this way. A great part of the lack of success has been inability properly to drive the boat. One hears a lot of talk about sprinting crews and four-mile crews, but the fact remains that in the two-mile race the crew is coached to give its all, just as is the case in a four-mile race. A crew can give only so much; it gives...
...Regimental and Battalion Supply Officers will superintend the enautomobiling of the Regiment and will be assisted by the Regimental and Company Quartermaster Sergeants. Upon reaching the rendezvous point on the Short Side Drive, Boston, the troops will quickly leave the automobiles and form in their proper order in Battalion and Regiment, as follows:--Field and Staff, Band, 1st Battalion, 2d Battalion, Attached Sanitary Troops, Motor Ambulances...
...confusion as to the finish line, for the stroke of the winning Noble and Greenough crew at the sound of the launch's warning whistle before going under the bridge apparently thought the race over and stopped altogether. He noticed his mistake at once, however, and in a final drive increased the lead, crossing the line one length and three-quarters in the lead. Brookline High School was second, with a lead of one length over Huntington...
...second and third University eights raced over the mile course, and the new order of the second crew proved successful, for it came it three-fourths of a length ahead of the third boat. The race was a close one but the second crew showed a much more powerful drive than its opponents...