Word: lead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the referee's launch it was impossible to judge accurately the Deacons' lead. On shore Eliot supporters declared they were defeated by "not a mite more than four feet," while Kirkland followers said it was an "easy half length...
...almost mechanical in the way that the Lowell boys opened up their lead, while Adams, obviously not bothering to fight with them, came down to finish without raising their stroke, satisfied with second place. Adams was 24 seconds behind Lowell, Dunster four seconds behind back, and Leverett 42 seconds more...
Where the first race had been a case of no fight forth lead the Eliot-Kirk-land battle that was to follow was a thriller, with Winthrop, third in this event, out of the running most...
...they approached the bridge, Eliot, still rowing at a lower stroke, began to creep up on Kirkland, and they cut the latter's lead to a deck length when they shot under Massachusetts Avenue. At the mile the Elephants had gotten up to 37 and were leading by inches and as they came down to the finish they were weaving around all over the river...
With only 400 yards left, both crews were rowing 37 and Eliot still had a slight lead, but Kirkland was coming back and they crossed the finish line the winner by a narrow margin in 7:14.6 Winthrop was three lengths back...