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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...race was won by Henigan of the Dorchester Club. D. F. O'Connell '21, Freshman captain, was the first University runner to finish, gaining fifth place. After him came B. Lewis '20, informal captain, eighth in the race, and W. H. Goodwin '20, 11th. The first member of the second team to reach the tape was H. T. Sears '19, who captured 15th place. The other members of both teams finished behind in scattering positions...
...race will begin at three o'clock and will be over the Franklin Park six-mile course. It will be the third annual individual and team championships held by the New England Amateur Athletic Union. Gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded to the three men who finish in the lead. The team which earns the highest number of points will win a championship shield...
...with races between the Freshman dormitory crews and the Thayer and Eliot Club crews. The dormitory eights competed for the Slocum Cup over the lower basin one mile course between the Cottage Farm and Harvard bridges. In a close, hard-fought contest, Standish won the race with a strong finish, one-half a length ahead of Gore, the leader over the first part of the course. Smith came in a good third, a length of open water behind Gore. Standish won the annual race last year, and thus will keep possession of the Slocum Cup. Individual members of the winning...
...length. Several men have left each boat during the week, however, and it was two revised crews that started from the Cottage Farm Bridge at 5 o'clock. Eliot pulled ahead at the start and held its lead until the end; Thayer threatened the leader once near the finish, but was unable to hold the pace, and fell back a length to the rear, while Eliot crossed the line a winner...
From the start Thayer held the advantage, pulling away from Eliot inperceptibly but steadily. Both crews rowed well, and without breaks, finishing in good condition. At no time did Thayer so increase its lead as to exclude all possibility of the other's winning, and when it crossed the finish line it was only three-fourths of a length ahead. The members of the winning crew will receive individual medals...