Word: lead
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Worcester High School crew defeated the Newell Boat Club eight by a little under a length over the mile and one-half course on Lake Quinsigamond. The time of 8 minutes and 14 seconds was fast and the race very close and exciting. Worcester took the lead at the start and rowed over 40 for the whole distance, Newell rowing from 35 to 36. At the finish Newell was gaining rapidly...
...Freshman second crew defeated the Freshman third crew by three-quarters of a length over the one and three-quarters mile course in the Basin yesterday afternoon. At Cottage Farm Bridge the third crew was leading by a quarter of a length, at the three-quarter mile mark the second crew overtook the third, and soon had a lead of three-quarters of a length, which was maintained to the end of the race...
...start, S. Royce 4S. took the lead, with Orr and Parker a length behind; at the half-mile mark, Lynn, who had rowed a straighter course than the others, had pulled up into the lead, and Orr had dropped back, leaving Parker and Royce struggling for second. A few seconds later, Royce fainted and Parker spurted to catch Lynn. The latter rowed strongly however and kept the lead until fifty yards from the finish, when Parker slowly passed him and won by half a length...
...season in preventing injuries, and therefore the friends of the game should do all in their power to assist, by giving Coach Haughton every advantage which may tend to make the recent changes effective. If he is given ample opportunity to experiment now, it should give him a decided lead in developing a winning team for us in the fall...
...first race, for the New England Challenge Cup, Harvard got the better of the start and remained in the lead during the entire race. Columbia and Pennsylvania were unable to row as high a stroke as the second University crew and even when the latter lowered the stroke to 35 at the middle of the course, it continued to gain on the other two boats. At the last half-mile, Harvard was three-quarters of a length and a half. It was a dead heat between Columbia and Pennsylvania for second place. The crew rowed fairly well in this first...