Word: filley
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...final race of the graded club crews in the competition for the Filley cup was close and exciting throughout. The first Eliot and Thayer crews quickly distanced the second club crews and went down the course bow to bow. In a thrilling race to the finish line, the Thayer crew nosed out the Eliot boat by a meagre five feet, the second Eliot showing a remarkable sprint during the entire last half-mile and closing up gradually on the leading boats until but four feet separted the bows of the first and second Eliot eights as they swept across...
...final reckoning of the points showed that the Eliot Club had won the Filley cup, having secured 8 1-2 points to Thayer's 6 1-2. Individual cups will be awarded to those members of each of the first and second club crews which defeated their respective adversaries, and medals will also be given to those members of the winning third, fourth and fifth club crews...
...present Gore Hall is leading the other Freshman dormitories in the competition for the Slocum trophy, and Eliot has a lead of 1 point over Thayer for the Filley cup. The standings are as follows: for Slocum trophy: Gore, 7; Standish, 4; Smith, 2. For the Filley cup: Eliot, 3 1-2; Thayer, 2 1-2. The basis on which the race between the first dormitory crews this afternoon will be marked is as follows: Winner 5 points; second place, 3 points; third place, 1 point...
...side. Gradually, however, the Gore boat began to creep ahead, and led the Standish crew to the finish line by a scant three-quarters of a length with the Smith crew a like distance behind Standish. Four boats lined up for the second heat in the competition for the Filley cup, which was won by the third Eliot crew, the third and fourth Thayer eights getting second and third respectively...
...Filley Cup races continue on Charles River Basin...