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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...team got eight inches on the drop, one of the '90 team losing his foothold and carrying the whole team with him. After three minutes the '89 team increased their advantage to 11 inches; but '90 got some of it back before time was called. '89 won by 8 1-2 inches...
...three rounds, and was declared the winner of the bout. The second bout was between Cabot and Knapp, and this was finally awarded to Cabot. The final bout of the light-weight sparring was, therefore, between Putnam and Cabot. In this bout Cabot took the offensive, and clearly got the better of Putnam, although Putnam took his punishment very easily; Cabot won the bout, and thus...
...next event was the heavy-weight sparring (over 160 pounds), for which the entries were, J. W. Smith, '89, F. G. Curtis, '90, and F. R. Bangs, '91. Curtis withdrew, so only Smith and Bangs were left. In the first two rounds Smith got decidedly the better of Bangs, but in the third round Bangs did much better work. The bout was awarded to Smith...
Ninety-one got the drop by six inches, and steadily increased this distance throughout the whole tug, so that they had, when the time was up, 4 feet, 4inches...
...freshman crews went out on the river yesterday afternoon for the first time this spring. The second crew went out first at about half-past three. They seemed to have some difficulty in launching the barge, but after they once got off, the rowing was fair. There was a noticeable lack of swing and the reach was very short. The following men made up the crew: Thomas, bow, Weed, 2; Travis, 3; Jones, 4; Chase, 5; Hunt, 6; Powers, 7; Watriss, stroke; Kidder, coach. They stayed out about an hour when the men in the first crew took their places...