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There are seven men in each team, but only the first four to finish qualify for places. Each place counts according to its numerical value; that is, the actual position in which a man finishes is put down to the score of his team, and the team having the smallest total wins the meet. Individuals finishing first, second, and third will received gold, silver, and bronze-medals respectively. Medals will also be given to members of the teams winning first, second, and third places...
...slowly gained on the boat ahead. Brattle street, in the meanwhile, was making desperate efforts to overtake Waverley and might have succeeded, had not the Holworthy-Stoughton crew, which was rowing a much slower and steadier stroke, caught up and made its bump not two hundred yards from the finish. The latter crew proved to be one of the best on the river and would probably have bumped the Brattle street boat much sooner but for an accident to the stroke's slide at the start...
After four minutes of hard rowing Grays bumped Russell. When these boats bad dropped out Holyoke second was far behind, rowing in ragged form, and soon left the race. Thayer in the meantime was unable to gain on the Matthews boat, which held its lead to the finish. Perkins, the next in order was rowing in much better form than on Tuesday, but was not quite able to overtake Thayer. At the curve by the Stillman infirmary, Weld drew up to and passed the Fairfax crew, but on the wrong side. It then dropped back and attempted to make...
...annual intercollegiate cross country run will be held on Travers Island, Friday, November 24. Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, and Massachusetts institute of Technology will send teams. Seven men may be entered on each team, but only the first four to finish will qualify for places. Each place will count according to its numerical value, and thus the team having the smallest total will win. Medals will be awarded as in former years...
...work of the crews during the past week has been very satisfactory. All the boats have improved rapidly and the races this afternoon promise to be very close. Most of the crews still have a tendency to rush the slides and to clip the stroke at the finish, but the coaches have done a great deal to correct these faults...