Word: length
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lovering, number 3 in the same boat, broke his oar, but the other two crews continued over the course. Morgan's shell started at a very high stroke and led for a short distance, but at the end of the first quarter-mile Bacon had placed his crew a length in the lead, which was increased to four lengths at the finish. The time was 8 minutes and 26 seconds...
...Yale freshman first eight succeeded in defeating Springfield by a length earlier in the season. As the Freshman second crew is in an unsettled condition, the chances of winning seem to favor Springfield...
...Worcester High School crew defeated the Sophomore eight on Saturday afternoon by half a length, over a 1 1-2 mile course on Lake Quinsigamond. At no time during the race was there open water between the shells and the Sophomores showed much better form than their opponents. The High School crew, however, rowed a higher stroke and maintained it the whole length of the course...
...Beacon street side of the course with the Seniors, Sophomore and Freshmen extending out toward the Cambridge shore in the order named. All four crews caught the water together and kept even for some distance. The Senior crew then drew ahead and the Freshmen dropped back a length, leaving the Juniors and Sophomores together. They kept this relative position until below the Harvard bridge, when the Freshmen began to lose more and more, and the Seniors gained continually. The race between the Sophomore and Junior crews was extremely close and was undecided until the Juniors, who were slightly...
...summing up, Mr. Murray said that the races which built up Homer, at length outgrew him, but that the end of the epoch was not a mere cessation, but a change to a language less beautiful, but more explicit...