Word: faster
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...stroke varying from 25 to 30 to the minute. Even at that comparatively high stroke, Claverly seemed to have good control of their slides and the boat spaced well between strokes. In the third division Hollis-Stoughton made a good showing and might well have been placed in a faster division...
...tied with Phillips Exeter Academy on Soldiers Field, neither side scoring. On the offensive the Freshmen were superior to Exeter, but both teams were weak on the defense. The Freshman backfield was fast, especially Gregory, right half-back, who showed himself a good ground-gainer. Exeter's ends were faster than d'Este or Browne. Vaughn for Exeter did good work running back punts...
...start, at 4.08 o'clock, the Yale crew gained a slight advantage with a little the faster stroke, but at the end of the first half-mile the University crew led by a few feet. The men in both boats were rowing well and the splashing so pronounced in the first few strokes gave way to clean blade work. In the second half-mile Yale overcame Harvard's lead and was 1 second ahead at the mile flag. By the time that the 1 1-2 mile flag was reached the University crew, with a slow stroke, was rowing neck...
...About 4.30 o'clock the men went out on the river and paddled up stream to the Longwood bridge. Favored slightly by the tide the crew then rowed down stream over the course in 9 minutes, 49 and 4-5 seconds. This time was 19 and 2-5 seconds faster than that made in the race last year, over the same course in the opposite direction. The crew appeared to be well together and maintained a tolerably slow stroke. The men pulled hard, but did not seem to exert themselves especially...
...University lacrosse team easily defeated Hobart Saturday afternoon in the Stadium by a score of 10 to 2. The result of the game was due to the faster and more concerted attack, and the excellent stick play and passing, of the Harvard team. The team was further strengthened by the presence of D. P. Penhallow 4M., captain of the University team in 1903, who has been coaching the squad this year...