Word: fastes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...minutes, 45 seconds. The start was easy and the stroke was kept about 30 till the last half-mile was passed, then it was gradually raised until 39 was reached in the last hundred yards. As a whole the crews rowed only fairly well. The time was fast, but strong favoring tide and wind discounted this to a certain extent. The first two miles were covered in 10 minutes, and the last two in 10 minutes, 25 seconds...
...Shay's grounder, but his throw to first was a little low. His jumping catch of Mansfield's liner in the ninth stopped further trouble. Harding covered first in good style, and Hicks and McCall both fielded their positions creditably. In the outfield, Lanigan caught two long flics by fast work. For Holy Cross, the throwing of Barry was brilliant, although he made a wild one which cost...
Holy Cross has a very fast team this year, although its record is not wholly clean. Since the first Harvard game it has been defeated by the strong Vermont team, 1 to 0, and 6 to 5, has defeated Dartmouth three times, has won from Tufts, 3 to 1, and from Yale twice, 1 to 0. Wesleyan was beaten, 7 to 2, but Holy Cross with a substitute pitcher in the box lost to Trinity, and to Pennsylvania this week, 4 to 2, with Dowd pitching...
...whole the team is steady, but with the exception of the first four batters is not a heavy hitting team. The infield is fast, but the outfield is not first class...
...Harvard crew has made on the Thames for the past three years. The boat shot along at a remarkable speed and the men kept together almost to perfection. The next stretch was a long one again, with a very slow stroke until opposite the boat house, where ten fast strokes were taken. Then after another short turn down stream the crew left the water...