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...result of the final race of the inter-dormitory bumping races, which was rowed last Saturday afternoon, Claverly has been awarded the Filley perpetual challenge cup for a year and has won permanent possession of the cup offered for the winner of the series this fall. Undoubtedly, Claverly was the best crew on the river, and in Saturday's race, despite the sluggish tide, covered the one and three-eight's mile course in the excellent time of seven minutes, nine and four-fifths seconds. Each day it has maintained its lead at the head of the river...
...used to encourage the secondary autumn racing. I would express the hope, however, that the cups may be kept, if practicable, in the common room of the winning dormitory (or of the senior dormitory in a winning combination.) I desire also that the cups should be known as the 'Filley Cups,' not only for reasons of personal friendship, but as an expression, as well, of gratitude, shared, I am sure, by the whole University, for a painstaking and single-hearted devotion to the task of developing and perfecting the secondary rowing here at Harvard. Yours very sincerely, B. APTHORP GOULD...
...rowing in the best of form. Yale, on the other hand, appeared to be a little tired. Noyes at 6 was lunging with his blade at the catch, and Morse, 3, and Weeks, bow, were also out of time on the recovery. Gradually the University shell forged ahead. Filley raised his stroke and every man in the boat kept with him, even at 36 in the last few lengths. The whole Harvard crew finished strong, crossing the line a winner by almost two lengths of open water. The time was 23 minutes and 2 seconds. In the Yale boat, Noyes...
...whole, the Harvard crew rowed better than at any other time on the Thames. The physical condition of the men was excellent and the form clean throughout. The race was actually won between the 2-mile and 3 1-2 mile flags. In this part of the distance Filley, by cool headwork, maintained his lead and a steady stroke, while the Yale men were themselves out trying to overcome Harvard's lead...
HARVARD UNIVERSITY EIGHT.--Stroke, Filley; 7, Newhall; 6, Bacon; 5, Richardson; 4, Glass; 3, Morgan; 2, Fish; bow, Tappan; cox., Blagden...