Word: flag
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...going to do about it?" Captain Appleton works as hard as any man can. The Harvard eleven has needed a trainer from the beginning. Coaching at this late day could be expected to do some good, but it cannot make champions. Interest in the Yale game will not flag much, for the rush line is strong still, and all the men will put in hard work the few remaining days before the contest in New York. [Globe...
...whole sophomore class and most of the Freshmen class at the Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York have been suspended on account of a disgraceful "flag rush...
...passed on without any attempt to render assistance. Within a mile and a half of the rock upon which Rupert stood is a light ship attached to which is a life boat with a life saving crew If Captain Snow had stopped his boat and run up his flag, union down, the life boat would have proceeded to the spot at once; or if he had sailed by the light ship and shouted a warning, Rupert would have been promptly rescued. But the Ridgeway proceeded to Newport and left Rupert on the rocks. At high water the rocks are entirely...
...once noticeable. Yale's short, jerky strokes, 44 to the minute, pulls her quickly to the front, but Harvard keeps on with her long powerful stroke, pulling at first 42 to the minute, soon dropping to 38. By the time the crews have reached the quarter mile flag, Yale is almost a length ahead. This, however, is the best showing she makes during the race. Almost immediately after entering the second quarter, Harvard's long stroke commenced to tell, and foot by foot the crimson began to regain the lost ground, until at the half mile flag Yale was barely...
...mile and a half flag Harvard was ahead over four lengths, passing the stake in 9 minutes, 12 seconds, with Yale 18 seconds to the rear. In the next half mile Harvard added three lengths more to her lead, and passed the two-mile stake in 12 minutes, 30 seconds, just 34 seconds ahead of Yale. Harvard still rowed 37 strokes, while Yale had dropped to 41. From this point it was almost impossible to distinguish the features of the Harvard men from the boats. The two mile and a half stake was passed by Harvard in 16 minutes...