Word: heads
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...play in the game on Saturday, because of an injury to his leg. Hurley tore a muscle in his leg in the first scrimmage of the year and was not in the play again until the Carlisle game. In that game he received a rather serious blow on the head, and since then his leg has become gradually worse, as a result of the early injury...
...following officials have been chosen for the Yale game: umpire, Paul Dashiel, of Annapolis; referee, Matthew A. McClung, of Lehigh; head linesman, Edgar A. Whiting of Cornell...
...street crew made no bumps, was bumped once, and remained in last place for two races; Dunster-Drayton made no bumps, was bumped twice, and did not row in the third race. The races in Division B were as follows: Matthews made no bumps, held its position at the head of the river three times, and was not bumped; Thayer made one bump, held its position twice, and was not bumped; Perkins-Conant made no bumps, held its position once, and was bumped twice; Beck-Fairfax made one bump, held its position twice, and was not bumped; Weld made...
Matthews and Thayer both held their positions at the head of the division, although Matthews was constantly in danger from the other boat. Perkins failed to show the good form of the preceding day and, when finally overtaken by Fairfax, was fully six lengths behind the next crews. When the judge's pistol, signalling the bump, was fired, the Perkins crew inexcusably disregarded the signal and continued rowing. Weld soon overtook them and thinking they had made a bump, stopped. Grays was thus deprived of the possibility of a bump, but finished in good form with Russell a length behind...
...crews will move up one place at the start of the final races this afternoon. The noticeable features of the races yesterday were, the marked improvement of the Perkins-Conant eight which nearly regained its position on the rive, the ease with which Matthews kept its place at the head of the river, and the confusion in the second race which followed the failure of the Dunster. Drayton crew to obey the judge's pistol...