Word: hards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 20.- Saturday afternoon the 'Varsity rowed three miles on time, which will be their last hard work before the race. The conditions were very poor, with a following wind, rough water, and an ebb tide. As a result the boat was half filled with water during the first mile, and the time was slow. From now on all efforts will be devoted to perfecting the time and uniformity of the swing...
...good-sized crowd ought to be on Holmes Field this afternoon to see the second game of the series with Holy Cross and the last one before the Yale game next Wednesday. The Nine, having put in some hard practice during the last few weeks in preparation for the final game, has shown considerable improvement over its form in the Princeton games, and really deserves all of the encouragement that the undergraduates can give. Moreover, the game today promises to be close and well played, and one well worth seeing...
...loved Harvard and I worked hard there. On the night of Saturday, May 29, after the Harvard-Princeton baseball game, I did, upon the impulse of the moment (I intended only to paint the score on the sidewalk when I bought the paint) commit what has properly been called an act of vandalism, of which I am heartily ashamed, and which has cost me my dearest ambition. I painted the score upon the pedestal of the statue of John Harvard, but I never intended it for "desecration," although I now feel that the student sentiment was just...
...means of giving the regular Weld junior crew some practice in racing, the second junior rowed them a mile and a half stretch yesterday and were defeated by a length and a half. This is the last hard practice the crew will take before the New England regatta, which takes place Thursday, the 17th...
...Weld showed much improvement over the form shown in their former race with the B. A. A. They had a firm, hard catch and rowed well together. Dobyns at stroke rowed a very heady race, keeping the stroke high, but at the same time making it strong and long. Blake and Coleman also rowed a particularly good race. The B. A. A. was somewhat slow on the shoot, but rowed together well and finished strong...