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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rough water from the excursion boats. At the 1 1-2 mile Cornell was a length ahead. The University crew held at this point and no gain was registered by either boat. Both were now rowing a 30 stroke. At about an eighth of a mile from the finish, however, Cornell raised its stroke to 36 and rapidly ran out three more lengths...
...intercollegiate track games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on Saturday, Yale finished first with a total of 34 1-3 points, Harvard second with 25 1-3 points and Pennsylvania third with 24 points. Two intercollegiate records were broken, and a third equalled. Taylor of Pennsylvania won the 440-yard dash in 49 1-5 s., breaking the former record by 1-5 s. In the pole-vault Gring of Harvard, McLanahan of Yale and Gardiner of Syracuse tied for first place with a vault of 11 ft. 7 1-4 in. This breaks the previous record...
Schick won both the 100 and the 220-yard dashes easily. Duffy of Georgetown, although he competed in the preliminary heats on Friday, did not run Saturday. In the quarter-mile Dives ran a strong race finishing just behind Long of Yale, who came in second about two yards behind Taylor. In the half-mile race Young ought to have had fourth place but slowed up just before the finish and Orton of Pennsylvania passed him. In the 120-yard hurdles Bird finished close to Clapp after an exciting race. Bauer won his heat in the semifinals...
...third crews yesterday was won by the third by about a length and a half. The third crew was fresh when the brush started, whereas the second had just rowed over the full course. The chief fault with the second was a marked tendency to cut off the finish of the stroke too soon...
...third by half a length in a trial race downstream over the mile and seven-eighths course yesterday. The third crew got away at the start and led by a little over a length at Harvard Bridge. Then the second raised its stroke and pulled up steadily until the finish. The time was 10 minutes, 22 seconds...