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Dates: during 1900-1909
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About 22 men took part in the paper chase yesterday afternoon. The hares, M. H. Stone '07, W. G. Howard '07, and M. S. Crosby '08, were gone about 35 minutes, and returned without being caught. The hounds did not finish until 10 or 15 minutes later, as they lost the trail...
...will race upstream over a one and three-eighths mile course, starting at the Boylston street bridge, and rowing up the river to the beginning of the long stretch, leading up to the Brighton bridge. A stake boat will be placed at this point and all the crews will finish at the same place. Immediately after, the second division will row over the same course, and as soon as the shells are returned, the third division will start. The divisions of the crews and the order in which they will start follows...
...work of the crews during the past week has been very satisfactory. All the boats have improved rapidly, and the races this afternoon promise to be very close. The general tendencies to wash out and clip the stroke at the finish are much less noticeable. All the men have been reporting regularly and the coaches have had a better opportunity to get the men swinging together. The Randolph and Westmorly crews have been doing promising work and should make a good showing...
...improvement. Up to this time the second crew, composed of last year's Freshman eight, has shown the better form. The men are swinging fairly well together but are not getting enough power from their leg drive. Farley's boat has a tendency to clip the stroke at the finish and several of the men are not catching the water quick enough. Yesterday, the two crews rowed upstream almost to the Brighton bridge and back to the University Boat House in easy stretches. Toward the latter part of next week, there will be a race between the two crews over...
Seven men may be entered by each college but only the first four to finish on each team will qualify for places. Each place will count according to its numerical value, the team having the smallest total winning the race...