Word: faster
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Harvard Training Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 9, 1913.--All the crews were given a long spin this morning, paddling at an easy gait down-stream for the first two miles and returning at a somewhat faster pace. Captain Abeles was out of the boat on account of a slight cold, but followed the crew in the launch. A change was made in the University four, Saltonstall taking Carver's place at bow, the latter going down to the second four...
...lengths in the Basin Saturday afternoon. Rough water handicapped the rowing somewhat and as a result the time for the mile and seven-eighths course was only 13 minutes. The light Harvard crew was in capable of maintaining a high stroke while the sturdy Yale men pulled a consistently faster stroke...
...appeal to attention is frankly on the side of the story, with what amounts to incidental numbers, both songs, and dances, introduced for the sake of variety. The chorus of "Copper Moon" would have gained in effectiveness had it been sung "off stage"; and in several cases a faster tempo would have improved the spirit of the songs...
...slow and disorganized play by the B. A. A. forwards but also to a general improvement in play by all the members of the University team. Goodale and Willetts worked better together, and put up a steadier game than for some time past, while the forward line were much faster in starting. Their team-work, however, still leaves something to be desired. Claflin, Palmer, and Wendell were all tried out in the right end position, though there is little doubt but that the first named will again have the place against Princeton on Saturday...
...University swimming team defeated Brown in a four-man relay race at Beachmont last evening. The University men were considerably faster than their opponents, every man on the team increasing Harvard's lead. H. R. Hitchcock '14, the fourth man, led at the finish by 10 yards, the time for the total 160 yards being 1 minute, 25 2-5 seconds...