Word: gain
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...almost continuously. They kept the stroke at 30, but showed little improvement. At Harvard Bridge the relative positions of the two boats were unchanged. From here to the finish the second crew fell to pieces, getting out of time and becoming unsteady. The first crew was thus able to gain seven seconds in the last mile and most of this gain was made in the last quarter, when the greater endurance of the heavier crew began to tell. The time was slow, 19m., 13s. The net gain of the first crew over the second for three and three-eighths miles...
...first crew gave the second about five lengths start which they reduced by a length in the first quarter of a mile, rowing a slightly higher stroke. At the Longwood bridge the first had gained over a length more and hardly two lengths of open water separated the boats. From there to Harvard bridge, both crews raised the stroke slightly and took occasional spurts, but the first was unable to gain. If there was any difference in the relative positions of the boats at the bridge it was in favor of the second crew...
...chance in right field, retiring a man at first by the rapid fielding of a ground ball. At the bat he made two hits and struck out once. R. P. Kernan made Harvard's second errors by dropping a third strike and thus allowing a base runner to gain third on the throw to first. He made one single and a home...
...time during the afternoon was the first crew able to gain materially on the second, and for the most part the second gained steadily on the first. Frequent changes prevented good rowing by either crew...
...have not yet been computed, but will probably be ready by the end of this week. The unofficial total made by Columbia is 72,635.7 points. Harvard's official total has not yet been given out. Unofficially computed from the following figures, it is 74,499.1 points, showing a gain of 10408.7 over last year's total of 64,090.4 points. Of the total this year, 1902 has made 18,600.5 points; 1904, 16,529.8; 1903, 12,480.8; 1905, 12,396.1; graduate students, 11, 652.1; special students, 2,839.8. Push Up. Pull Up. Lungs. Back. Legs. R. Fore...