Word: leaded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Yale's champion Junior crew went down in defeat on Saturday afternoon when the 1920 oarsmen led the Blue to the finish by more than 10 lengths over the Henley Course on New Haven Harbor. The University Juni0rs took the lead at the start and gained steadily; but Yale was put entirely out of the running by misfortune when, with Harvard four lengths to the good at the mile mark, Kent, at No. 6 in the Eli shell, broke his oar and added a spectacular touch to the event by jumping overboard...
...first contest on the program was for novice singles, which was won by J. H. Vincent 2L. He held a lead of three lengths over E. B. Fries '21, his nearest opponent. J. M. Plumer '21 was a close third. In the wherry race, R. A. Whitney '22 was an easy victor over R. Codman '19, having a margin of more than six lengths at the finish, Third place was taken by J. E. White 1B. Each of the above winners received medals...
...race for the Yale Challenge Cup, Huntington School beat Noble and Greenough by one length. This was a particularly close and exciting event, the lead see-sawing back and forth until the end, with Noble's ahead for more than half of the contest. The last event on the schedule was a race between Tufts and the M. I. T. freshmen, which the latter won by four lengths...
Kanrich's twelve-piece brass band will lead the procession to the Brattle square subway station, where the class will entrain for the South Station, on three special cars which will be waiting for them. On reaching the station, the class will parade to the wharf, and will embark on the steamship "New Shoreham." They will reach Downer's Landing, which is near Weymouth, after a ride of an hour and a half down the harbor...
...University gained an early lead in the third inning, which Amherst was never able to overcome. McLeod walked, advanced to second on Felton's safe bunt. J. E. Knowles '19 laid down another safe bunt and filled the bases. Emmons then hit sharply to left field sending McLeod and Knowles across the plate...