Word: foulness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Holworthy, she could do no more, and Leeds, by another exceedingly good effort for the close of a race, crossed the line with the lead of a length. Holyoke came in last, disabled, having broken an oar when within about half a mile of the finish. She claimed a foul on Holworthy at the stake, by which the oar, afterwards broken, was cracked. The referee, on hearing the stake judge, allowed the claim. Holworthy was accordingly ruled out of the race, and the prizes given to the Weld crew, who came in second...
...near the stake, when Matthews and Holyoke began to spurt desperately to gain the stake first. Holyoke, having the inside position of the two, succeeded in holding her position, and reached the stake first. Matthews cut in on Holyoke's course at the turn, and succeeded in avoiding a foul, but failed to obtain a lead. Weld and Holworthy reached their stake very nearly together, and Holworthy, in attempting to turn inside of Weld, was carried by the tide into the stake-boat, and a port oar and outrigger were caught under the anchor-line so firmly as to drag...
...winners was remarkable for barges and rather rough water. There was good rowing in all the boats, and very excellent steering, all which went to make the races decidedly successful and far superior to any class-crew racing we have ever had, though the unfortunate occurrence of a foul in the four-oared race must teach the coxswains greater care in future. That race should fairly have been rowed over again, between Holworthy and Holyoke; but the referee was unable to fix on a time, and so gave the decision...
Received first position in consequence of a foul...
...organ, the College Spectator, favors us with some gratuitous advice with reference to the settlement of the Yale-Harvard difficulties, which is, to say the least, amusing. As its deductions are all drawn from the false premise that "Harvard has charged Yale with an attempt of a malicious foul," it is needless to particularize, and we would only suggest that meddling in other people's affairs without any knowledge of the facts is extremely hazardous...