Word: finishers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...same score 6-2. The last set also went to Hoppin, though only after a hard fight. Both players did remarkable placing in this set and the result was very doubtful for some time. The score was 6-4. The match was very interesting from start to finish, both men putting up excellent tennis...
...WELLS, Sec.HARVARD ROWING CLUB. - Mile race for canoes, Thursday, May 26, 4 p. m. Start and finish opposite boat house. Club canoes. Handsome cups to winners. Fee 50c. per man. Sigh at Leavitt's or boat house...
...BOWLER, Sec.HARVARD ROWING CLUB. - Mile race for canoes, Thursday, May 26, 4 p. m. Start and finish opposite boat house. Club canoes. Handsome cups to winners. Fee 50c. per man. Sigh at Leavitt's or boat house...
...afternoon at half past three (not unfrequently in the morning too) the men have to go down to the river. It matters not what the weather is, whether chilly and raining, or stifling hot, that daily work, that hard daily work has to be put through. When the men finish their rowing it is nearer evening than afternoon, and this combined with the early hours which the training requires leaves little time for studying. The crew, of course, have to keep up with their college work. These two things, rowing and attending to his courses, use up practically...
...would have, had it not been for the fact that the start was put near the upper turn instead of at the middle of the stretch (as was the case in some of the other runs) and in the excitement of the race, the Harvard men made their finish where they are accustomed to and then slowed down. Sanford, the Yale man, kept pegging along, meanwhile, and before the Harvard men realized what had happened, he had won the race in 52 2-5 seconds - time which at least three Harvard men can easily beat...