Word: finishers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...less than half a mile from the Union Boat House and the finish line, and the juniors were far ahead of the other crews. But the senior crew at this point came over directly in front of the sophomore crew and hopelessly hampered them, making any attemps at a spurt ineffectual. The freshmen meanwhile forged slightly ahead of the sophomores who were unable to spurt with the Ninety-one crew directly in front of them, their prow touching the rudder of the Ninety-one boat. The result was that the actual finish of the crews was Ninety-two first...
This afternoon at 4.30 the annual class races will be rowed on the Charles River over the usual course, the finish of which is at the Union Boat Club. An unusually close contest is looked for as the crews are more evenly matched than last year. The freshmen and sophomores have done the most work,- the freshmen having commenced training in October and the sophomores in December. The seniors and juniors both began regular training in January. The favorite crew for first place a month ago was '93, but since the return of Fitzhugh to the senior crew and Watriss...
...finish line is the imaginary prolongation of the face of the brick wall on the west side of Otter Street, Boston...
...poems by Lloyd Mck. Garrison '88, which has just appeared, "Ballads of Harvard and Other Verses." Both the "Ballads" and "Other Verses" possess what the verse of no other Harvard rhymer since Ned Martin, author of "The Little Brother of the Rich," has been able to claim, originality and finish. Mr. Garrison has not bayed at the moon, but appreciating the limit of his poetic power has chosen his themes well within it, and the rcsult is not a striving but an accomplishment...
...Taylor '94. The first quarter was done in 43 seconds when Taylor took the lead and set the pace, making each successive lap faster than the one before it. On the turn of the last lap Pratt, by a marvellous spurt, got the lead which he held to the finish, closely pressed by Hawes and Taylor in the order given. with Barron last. All the men rode within a second of the winner, and therefore broke the record. The next event, the mile walk, was won by R. S. Hale '91, in 7 minutes, A. L. Endicott '94 second...