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Word: finished (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thing is absolutely certain and that is that the Syracuse crew will be out for blood as far as Cornell is concerned, and there is every reason to believe that the Orangemen will stay well up in the race. In fact a finish with all three beats within the length of a shell is quite possible...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Crimson Oarsmen Face Grind With Big Red on Lake Cayuga | 5/26/1939 | See Source »

...half lengths ahead of the Bellboy seconds, the Eliot Jayvees crossed in 8:21. Kirkland and Winthrop fought it out in an uneven sprint at the finish, the Puritans failing to nip their rivals in time and crossing in a dead heat for third place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KIRKLAND EIGHT COPS HOUSE ROWING CROWN | 5/25/1939 | See Source »

...Ithacans had a limited amount of spring training and their early season games were little short of disastrous. But ever since then, they have brushed aside every rival in their path and now seem headed for a story-book finish in E.I.L. baseball. Harvard caught them just at the start of their upswing in the first game between the two teams at Cambridge, and the result was a 12 to 3 Cornell victory...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Stahlmen to Face Cornell at Ithaca Today | 5/24/1939 | See Source »

Over a much choppier course, in a race preceding, the Jayvees failed to click when they met their first defeat of the year three-quarters of a length behind Navy, as Penn and Columbia followed in that order. It was a sluggish Crimson boat that crossed the finish line with a late sprint which never neared the high beat of the week before...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Crimson Oarsmen Sink Navy With Withering Final Sprint | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Between the puddles: the shift of stroke and two men on the Navy crew, found the Middles rowing an entirely different race, a week start and finish, but a strong middle race . . . Ptomaine poisoning ravaged the Penn crew this week leaving them a meagre 12 hours of practice. They still rowed a strong finish race and almost nabbed Navy . . . The Penn Freshman had a tragic finish: ahead of the Plebes, a crab threw them out of joint near the finish...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Crimson Oarsmen Sink Navy With Withering Final Sprint | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

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