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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...class track captains last night the entries for each class for the interclass games, to be held in the Stadium tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, were made out. No restrictions have been placed upon the entries for the field events. In each event the first three undergraduates to finish will receive class numerals. First place in each event will count five points, second three, and third place one. The class captains are: 1908, A. B. Mason; 1909, W. M. Rand; 1910, H. Watson; 1911, R. C. Foster...
...going under Harvard Bridge the second crew raised the stroke and gained on the first until their lead was scarcely half a length when the Freshmen picked them up. Starting three-quarters of a length ahead, the Freshmen soon increased their distance to over a length. When the finish was neared the University crew raised the stroke to about 37, and, drawing rapidly ahead, won by three-quarters of a length...
...work of the University crew was poor from the start, with a noticeable hang at the finish and no life in the catch. The pull through was not smooth, and the boat ran badly between strokes. On the whole, the showing of the crew was disappointing. Today and tomorrow the practice will be devoted to racing starts...
Judges at finish--G. Emerson '08, H. F. Hadden '09, W. Minot...
...Thursday the first and second crews had a two-mile race. The water was so rough, however, that satisfactory work was almost impossible. A stroke of 30 was maintained for most of the distance, but the men were still inclined to rush the slides and cut the finish; and when the stroke was raised there was a pronounced tendency to kick the slides away and shorten the stroke. Next week a still higher stroke will be attempted; and the crew will leave on the Federal Express Thursday evening for Annapolis, where it will complete the training for the race...