Word: hardes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman nine will play Noble's at 4 o'clock this afternoon on Soldiers Field. As the Freshmen defeated Noble's by a score of 24 to 2 on April 19 a hard game is not expected...
...University crews took a rather hard row, yesterday afternoon, to Harvard bridge and back in unchanged orders. Both eights rowed in short stretches to the Longwood bridge, under the coaching of Mr. Higginson. Here the crews were started for a mile stretch down-stream. At first the second crew drew ahead until they led the first crew by half a length, but when both eights put the stroke up slightly, the first gained again, finishing even with the second...
...Weld crew about 35. Although rowing two points lower, the Weld eight at once jumped a few feet in the lead, and for a mile and a half the relative position of the two boats remained almost unchanged. The Weld crew gradually lowered their stroke to a long, hard 32, while Annapolis held to a short, killing 38 without being able to make any material gain...
...minute. The navy was rowing only about one point higher and slowly fell a few feet behind again, where they remained until the last quarter of a mile was reached. Here they set in with a final determined effort to win, raising the stroke to 38 for a long, hard spurt. The Weld crew at once responded, however, by raising the stroke to 37, which proved to be much more effective than the navy's 38. With greater reserve force and endurance, the Weld crew slowly drew ahead, finishing one second or ten feet in the lead. The time...
...base on balls, they scored five runs. Both teams made three errors, but those by Harvard were more costly. The playing of the visiting team lacked life and snap until the last inning when it was too late. With two outs and two men on bases, Bolton made a hard try for a hit, but was fielded out by Thompson...