Word: kept
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...other crews. At the quarter-mile the first Newell drew ahead of the first Weld, and the second Newell fell about half a length astern of the other crews. By this time the first Newell had settled down to a long stroke, not above thirty, while the first Weld kept up a stroke of thirty-three almost through the whole race. At the half-mile the first Weld and the third Newell began to draw away from the other crews, and held their lead during the whole race...
Below the bridge the interest of the race centred on the third Newell and the first Weld. The stroke of the Weld crew was, at this point, somewhat increased, and resulted in the whole crew rushing their slides. The Newell crew kept up a long, steady stroke through the whole race. About half a mile below the bridge the third Newell took the lead, in spite of the fact that the first Weld had been a quarter of a length ahead, and that the Newell crew was rowing the slower stroke. The Newell boat was unable to keep its lead...
...first two holes and halved the third and fourth. McFarland by great steadiness and accuracy on the greens, won the fifth and sixth, making each in four. He lost the seventh and eighth, however, and halved the ninth. This gave Egan a lead of two holes which he kept until the fourteenth, where he increased his lead to 3 up. McFarland won the fifteenth and sixteenth, lost the seventeenth and halved the eighteenth in four, thus ending the morning's play with Egan...
...starting before the ball was passed; new signals had to be given and the progress of the game was retarded. The line showed some improvement but could do no more than hold its own, as the lighter Brown team was quicker on every play and in most cases kept the men too busily occupied with their own positions to be of much assistance in other parts of the line...
...ball was carried, principally by means of Kernan's 40 yard run around right end, to Brown's 33 yard line, but Graydon was unable to gain on a centre play. Hurley was thrown for a loss of 4 yards and, in order that the ball might be kept, it was taken back 16 yards to the middle of the field. There Kernan lost the ball on a fumble, but on the next play he tackled Barry for a 5-yard loss, and after a short gain, Brown was forced to punt. From Harvard's 37 yard line, by means...