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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Tickets to the grand stand, which will be erected along the Beacon street wall opposite the finish of the University crew race against Cornell, are now on sale at $1.50 each at the office of the Athletic Association and at Leavitt & Peirce's in Cambridge and at Herrick's in Boston...
...University second defeated the Union Boat Club eight by five lengths yesterday afternoon in a practice race of about a mile and 550 yards up stream from the Union Boat Club. The second gained a length at the start and gradually increased its lead until the finish. The University second crew maintained a fast stroke throughout the race reaching as high as 35, to the minute in the final spurt. Swaim, who was laid off last week, was again in the boat at 6, and Tilton and Mason of the Sophomore crew rowed 3 and 2 respectively as on Saturday...
Judges at finish--F. W. Bird 3L., W. A. Colwell 5G., J. E. Haigh...
...course. Switzer set a high stroke all the way, rowing 34 for the first third of the distance and not falling below 32 at any time. The men stood the pace, and the boat spaced well. The men showed an improvement in driving the stroke through with a powerful finish. The time, 10 minutes 5 seconds, is no criterion, as the crew was forced by the wind to cling to the Boston shore and had to diverge to mid-stream in order to circle the line of piles...
...rowing a point or two higher held its own. Below the bridge the Freshmen led by a half-length, which they soon increased to three quarters. At this point Filley again raised the stroke to 32 and inside of 20 strokes drew ahead and increased the lead at the finish to about a length. The time, 9 minutes 20 seconds, was good considering the stroke which did not go higher than 32 and was below 30 most of the distance. This time was 20 seconds better than that made on Tuesday...