Word: falsehood
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...state that 'Yale claims the championship of American colleges in boating' is to state a deliberate falsehood. Yale last held the championship in 1873; lost it to Columbia in 1874; has not held it since; has not claimed it since; does not now claim it, and probably never will claim it. The 'championship of American colleges in boating' lapsed with the death of the National Rowing Association of American colleges in 1876, and as Cornell won that championship in 1875 and 1876, the title, if it has not died of old age, must still rest with her oarsmen. In making...