Word: lead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Engineers' light shell gave them a half-Ingth advantage at the start, but as both crews began to lengthen out by the quarter-mile the Crimson crept up. A sprint at the half-mile closed up the gap and the Harvard eight kept on for a half-length lead. With both sets of blades working about 32, gradually increasing up to 36 at the finish, the boat stroked by Vince Balley crossed...
...minute, Spike Chace's boat kept up a smooth easy stride and finished in 7:09.6. The two or three feet gained by Tech at the opening gun vanished as the Crimson, rowing 37 to M. I. T.'s 40 and Rutgers 38, crept up for a half-length lead which they increased to a length by the three-quarters...
...drive by the Jersey-men at the mile marked failed to gain any ground and they fell behind the Engineers. Different from their splashing contestants the Crimson blades kept the stroke down until the last minute when a snappy leg drive at 36 jumped the Bolles boat into a lead of a length and a half of open water...
Having smashed the course mark for Freshmen by 15 seconds, the Yardling blades promise to be about the finest "since the days of Gerry Cassidy." With plenty of confidence and power they may easily lead their Tech opponents by four or five lengths...
Seven blows in the second inning off the offerings of Don Prouty and John Mahoney sent six runs across the plate, after scoring once in the first frame. From there on the Terriers coasted and their lead was never seriously threatened...