Word: length
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...clock tonight. The late start was due to the rough weather. The row was upstream with the wind and tide favorable and the course was covered in 22 minutes, 11 seconds. At the two-mile mark, opposite the Navy Yard the freshman eight took up the race one length ahead, and finished a length behind the university crew...
...freshman and university four-oars had a mile brush, in which the university won by a length. Dunkle replaced Peyton at number 3 in the university four-oar. The places on the all crews are as yet undecided. All the men are in good condition...
...University four, after rowing about two miles in the morning, had a half-mile race with the 1910 crew, beating the latter by a quarter of a length. The substitutes were given light work...
...railroad bridge in short stretches and returned up the four-mile course without a stop. No time was taken as the stroke was kept slow all the way. The boat spaced well between strokes and followed the stroke regularly. At the Navy Yard the Freshmen started about a boat length ahead, kept well with the University crew for two miles, and ended a length in the rear. The Freshmen boat travelled well and both crews finished in good condition...
...below the Brighton bridge. The order was the same as on the previous day, except that the strokes were interchanged, Maxwell being put in the first crew, and Meyer in the second. The first crew, which was able to maintain a higher stroke, gradually forged ahead, finishing about a length in front of the second crew...