Word: evens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...course Crew B, which was rowing a 32 stroke, was a length behind but at the second bend this lead had been reduced to half a length. Crew B then raised its stroke to 36 and from the beginning of the straightaway to the finish the crews were practically even. Both crews were now rowing a strong 38 stroke. Towards the end Crew A pulled ahead a little, winning by eight feet...
...expresses fairly the relative showing of the teams, as the strength of Pennsylvania proved to have been greatly underestimated. The Pennsylvania team won by hard aggressive football, by determination and earnestness coupled with a thorough knowledge of the game, which was in decided contrast to Harvard's utter weakness even in fundamentals. Pennsylvania's team was composed largely of experienced players, whereas the University eleven was an aggregation of individuals, for the most part inexperienced and undeveloped...
...latter 25 yards. During the last half of the scrimmage, in order to furnish the first team defensive practice, the ball was given to the second team on the first's 15-yard line. The first eleven, in ten rushes, not only held the second eleven but even forced them back for a loss of 9 yards. Sperry's punting was fairly good. In every exchange of kicks with the second team he netted a gain of at least 15 yards. On the kick-off and in goal kicking, Brill was strong and reliable...
...Whitney in a long time. The time was 4m. 47 4-5s., lowering the previous record by one-fifth of a second. The day was an ideal one, and, with the exception of a slight breeze blowing up the course, which made the time of the junior crew even more remarkable, the weather contions for rowing were perfect. A large crowd lined the banks of the lake and the sides of the first bridge. The races were very closely contested and exciting throughout. In but one instance was there open water between the shells. The freshman club race...
...exciting 36-hole match on the Myopia Hunt Club course at Hamilton. At the completion of the morning round of 18 holes Egan was 3 down, but at the end of the first nine holes in the afternoon he was 1 up. The match was all even at the fifteenth hole and the sixteenth was halved. White won the next hole in 3 to 4 by running down a 30-foot putt, and the match and the championship by a perfect approach which gave him the last hole in 4 to 5. This is the fourth time that the individual...