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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second game the Sophomores defeated the Freshmen by the score of 5 to 1. The Sophomores won through superior team play and a strong attack. Time and again Prizer and Wendell would carry the ball almost the entire length of the field by clever passing and running. Tucker, at goal, also did good work. The Freshmen played well at times but showed lack of experience. Prizer, Wendel, Ackerman and Tucker played the best game for the Sophomores, and Barber, Francis and Wellman for the Freshmen...
...race with the second crew last Saturday over a course of three and seven-eighths miles the University crew, which started 12 seconds behind its opponent, was about a length and a half in the lead at the finish, opposite the Union boathouse. At the Longwood bridge the University crew was forced to slacken speed in order to allow the second crew to go through the draw, thus losing about four lengths. At this point the Freshman crew entered the race, but on account of the weakness of one of its members, withdrew a half-mile below Harvard bridge...
...brush between the University first and second crews over the mile and seven-eighths course yesterday afternoon the first crew won by a length. The conditions were favorable and the time was satisfactory. The orders were again changed, Meier taking the place of Kellogg, and Tappan that of Flint, at 5 and 3, respectively, on the first crew...
...University crew squad last Saturday the orders of the upperclass crews have been somewhat changed. Each of the upperclasses has now two crews which are rowing daily. The addition of experienced men to the first crews has greatly strengthened them, and a marked improvement in the length of the stroke is evident. The men are gaining control of the slides and are giving the boats a drive which promises speed without a high stroke...
...handicap of five seconds; Shepard's and Farley's crews started even. Owing to the accident to the rudder; Farley's boat ran ashore at the second bend below the start. Shepard's crew has already taken a slight lead and at the finish was but a quarter-length behind French's boat...