Word: eight
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Qualifying round for College championship, eight to qualify...
...team succeeded in winning only by the narrow margin of one run, the final score being 4 to 3. The playing of the team as a whole was listless, and a victory over a preparatory school team by such a small score is nothing to be proud of. Only eight hits, two of which were doubtful, were all that the University team made off Baines. Hits as a rule were lacking at critical moments. In the first inning with only one out and men on second and third, a hit was not forthcoming. The same thing happened again...
...George A. Gordon '81, who is now in residence as Preacher to the University, is giving a series of eight discourses at Morning Prayers on "Glimpses of the World of Freedom." The first discourse was given yesterday, and the next seven will be given on successive mornings...
...race in the same order that it has had in practice for some weeks. The following list gives the order and weights of the men, the average age being 20 years, 4 months, and the average weight being 166 1-2 pounds, which is considerably less than the Harvard eight. Stroke, Kinkaid, 160; 7, Leighton, 179; 6, Rockwell (capt.), 173; 5, Richardson, 160; 4, Bagg, 163; 3, Magruder, 173; 2, Ainsworth, 160; bow, Davis, 164; cox., Roberts...
With only eight days of actual practice on the Charles left before the Annapolis race, the University eight was put through a short but hard drill yesterday afternoon. The river was very rough, and the wind dead ahead upstream, but Coach Wray demanded a high stroke. On the first sprint the stroke was rapidly put up to 33 to the minute, and in the stretch extending from below the Stillman Infirmary to the boathouse it was raised to 36. The crew showed even better form with a high stroke than with a low, although it tended naturally to clip...