Word: lead
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Yale News finished in a whirl of dust on Saturday. In the ninth the dauntless sons of the CRIMSON snatched themselves from defeat by a two-run batting rally, and in the eleventh pushed themselves to the pedestal of victory by pounding in four more tallies, a lead which the News fought vainly to out down. The final score, 10 to 9. tells the story. The CRIMSON had only one regret and that was in taking the game from hosts as hospitable as the News...
...even start at the Cottage Farm bridge, Yale rowing 38 and Harvard about 28. At that rate almost throughout the race, the visiting crew easily drew away from the Harvard eight, and at no time was the outcome in doubt. Even at the finish, with Yale far in the lead, Harvard failed to raise the stroke and shorten the distance between the two shells...
...which clips 3 1-5 seconds from the record made by J. P. Adams of Yale in 1899. F. W. Capper '15 set a terrific pace in this race, going the first quarter in 54 2-5 seconds. T. W. Koch '14 went into the lead in the back stretch, but tired and was passed on the turn by Brown. In the home stretch Poucher's sprint took second place from Cappen who had worked forward again after having fallen behind...
...University second team defeated Andover at Andover, yesterday by the score of 5 to 4. The game was won by Harvard by a rally in the seventh inning which netted three runs and thus overcame Andover's previous lead of two runs...
...about one half a length and the Seniors by about six lengths. The race ended at Gloucester street, the 1 1-4 mile mark, partly because of the rough water lower in the Basin, and partly because the Yale class crews rowed that distance day before yesterday. The leading crews rowed about 32 strokes a minute, and alternated in the lead...