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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...qualify in the trial heats, though in the second heat Williams had a close race with Remington for second place. In the first heat of the 100 yards dash Pennsylvania was shut out. The other was a ten-second heat and was very close. Hoffman was leading near the finish when Roche made a good spurt, but failed to overtake the Pennsylvania man. The 440 yards run was a beautiful race and one of the most interesting events. Hillary set the pace until half way around, when Hollister increased his pace and passed him. At the beginning of the stretch...
Hoffman won the first heat of the 220 yards dash easily in 22 seconds. The second heat was closer, Denholm passing Hillary half way to the finish line. Denholm lead in the final for two-thirds of the course, where he was passed by Hoffman. The half mile was an interesting race, though Hollister won without much exertion. Fenno set the pace for the first lap; then Orton crept to the front and on the turn pushed his way inside of Fenno, who was passed by Lane. Then Hollister quickened his speed and easily passed the field, winning by about...
...mile bicycle race was won by Harbeck in the morning on the Charles River Park track. It was a very slow race, with a close finish, showing good headwork for the Harvard riders...
...perfectly just. All will agree that in order to make competition on the track fair there must be certain rules governing the contestants with this end in view; and if a man enters a race it is just as much his business to pass his opponents fairly as to finish ahead of them. If a Harvard man had been guilty of the foul we should have felt that the victory belonged to Pennsylvania...
...noticeable feature of the race was the excellent stroke set by Conroy for '99. He kept the stroke long and steady. In comparison '98's stroke tended to shorten at the finish, but the crew rowed better together than...