Word: finished
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...final straightaway race from scratch to be held in the Basin this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The course, which corresponds to the American Henley distance, will be one mile, 550 yards long. The start will be made at the Cottage Farm bridge and the crews will finish on a line across the river from Fairfield street, three blocks below Harvard bridge...
Rounding the first part of the second bend, the first three crews were well bunched and Claverly was gaining steadily on Thayer. Weld was far in the rear. Just before the three crews came into the stretch at the finish Claverly succeeded in bumping Thayer. Randolph had no trouble in maintaining its position at the head of the river throughout the course...
...could not gain on one another up to the first bend. Just before and during the first part of the second bend, however, Mt. Auburn street increased its lead, and although Brentford gained again as the crews came into the home-stretch, Mt. Auburn street pulled away at the finish...
...kept driving his crew until it had bumped Thayer shortly before the first bend. Both crews then dropped out of the race. Oxford street, which started in last position, was out of the race almost immediately, but all the men stuck at their task with spirit until the finish line was crossed. Weld was able to stay right behind Claverly until within 300 yards of the finish line, then Martin, who was stroking Claverly, spurted and drove his crew rapidly away...
While there were only two bumps yesterday, both races were spirited and hard-fought contests, and those crews which did not bump nevertheless exerted themselves to the very finish. A considerable number of undergraduates watched the races from the bank...