Word: evens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Freshmen had a slight lead over '97 and '98, but, getting into difficulties with the rough water, caught several crabs and fell back a length and a half; '98 gradually drew ahead and the race for third place was left to '97 and 1900. At the bridge they were even, the Freshmen having caught up, and from there to the finish they steadily pulled ahead, leading by 1 1-2 lengths...
...form of all the crews was very ragged throughout the race. None of them knew how to start well, and, even making allowance for the roughness of the water, splashed to a needless extent. Considering, however, that they were made up of almost untrained men, the showing made was very creditable...
Paine pitched a game that deserved a better end. Aside from his let-up in the first inning his work could hardly have been better. He struck out eight men and allowed but two hits in the last eight innings. Even the slump in the first inning was less his fault than the score would indicate, as Gammons' home run would hardly have been made more than a base hit but for slow work by Beale and Burgess...
...past few years the meeting for the election of officers has represented the club very inadequatly been cast by about one-tenth of the total membership. The unsatisfactory and even dangerous nature of such a state of affairs needs only to be pointed out. Tonight, an amendment to the constitution will be proposed, for the purpose of postponing the elections till some days after the nominations are made at the annual meeting, and of taking the vote by printed ballots during a whole...
...living accommodations in the hut which they built were not sumptuous. Here is the record: "For cooking, lighting, and heating we used walrus blubber and bear's fat. Bear's fles and fat were our only food. In the evening we fried it in a large aluminum pan; in the morning we boiled it. We made our bed and sleepingbag of bearskin. To keep warmer we both slept in one bag, and, taken altogether, we were quite comfortable in our low hut. By the help of our lamps we succeeded in keeping the temperature inside at about freezing point...