Word: half
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first division was started at 3.35, just 20 minutes late. This was due to the difficulty with which several of the crews took their positions. At the start, Claverly did not hear the pistol, and Randolph gained an advantage of about half a length. By the time the first corner was reached they had gained another quarter of a length, and were only three-quarters of a length behind. They continued to gain until, at the beginning of the last stretch, only some 10 feet of open water separated the boats. At this point the Claverly crew began...
...slump is proverbial, and it has certainly appeared. In the coming games the team will have a chance to prove that the slump was only temporary, and if every player enters upon the games with the same fighting spirit which cropped out Saturday toward the end of the second half, Harvard can only be defeated by a better team...
...pick men for the meet with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, November 1, will be held over the Technology course this afternoon. The course starts at the Highland Club in West Roxbury and ends at the Technology grounds in Brookline village, a distance of four and one-half miles...
...University football team narrowly averted defeat at the hands of the Springfield Training School last Saturday and won only by the small score of 9 to 5. The team was taken completely off its feet in the first half by the skillful way in which Springfield worked the forward pass, using it successfully nine times for a total gain of about 105 yards. Although the ball was chiefly in Springfield's territory, it was due to the fact that Burr out-punted Honhart and to the fumbling of two of Briggs' passes one of which put the ball back...
When the second half opened, Gilbert had been substituted for Butt, M. C. Peirce for Forster, and Grant for Nourse. Springfield kicked off to Rand who juggled the ball, Starr falling on it behind the goal line for a touchback. Burr punted to Honhart, who passed forward, Starr getting the ball. After a failure to gain, Burr fell back to punt, but the kick was blocked. He recovered the ball on the 5-yard line and tried another kick which was also blocked, Colton failing on the ball behind the line. Honhart failed to kick the goal...