Word: high
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Annapolis maintained her advantage until close to the finish. At the mile post the University crew seemed to have recovered from the surprise of the start, and did its best work of the day, rowing easily and spacing well. At the last quarter mile mark the hard work and high stroke began to tell heavily on the Navy crew, and the lead gradually decreased. A short distance from the finish the University crew pulled up and swept by the mark with a lead of half a length...
Burroughs of Illinois won both the 16-pound shot-put and the discus-throw with 44 feet, 5 inches and 123 feet, 6 inches, respectively. L. W. Bangs '08 was third in the shot-put with an actual put of 43 feet, 1-2 inch. The high jump was a tie between Thorpe of Carlisle and Miller of Indiana at 6 feet, and Horr of Syracuse won the 16-pound hammer-throw with 148 feet, 1 inch. Cook of Cornell won the broad jump with a jump of 22 feet, 1 1-2 inches
...Juniors seem to be the best developed upperclass crew. Their work is smooth and snappy, and they can row a high stroke without going to pieces. They are about on a par with the Freshmen, and if the race were to be rowed now the contest between these two crews would be very close...
...provided no mishap occurs. A. B. Mason '08, who took second in the low hurdles last year, and G. P. Gardner '10, who was second to Rand in that event in the class games this spring, together with A. L. Besse '10, and M. B. Giddings '08 in the high hurdles, constitute a fast squad. Yale has formidable competitors, however, in L. V. Howe '08, C. M. dePuy '08 and D. R. Robbins...
...mile course on the Severn runs from northwest to southeast, and is about four miles up from the mouth of the river. High land on both sides makes it a very smooth course in ordinary winds...