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...sprint, Cal overtook Princeton, while Radcliffe fended off the charging Virginia boat. The Golden Bears won in a time of 6:20.74, the Tigers were second in 6:22.80, half a length back, but only two seats on Radcliffe, which was clocked...
...final, the Black and White trailed No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 2 Princeton early, but charged in the final sprint. But both crews were too strong, and Radcliffe lost to the Tigers by just over one second, who trailed the Badgers by three-fourths of a boat length...
While they seemed to subscribe to no particular unifying trend—their styles and topics varied from editorial writing to full-length popular histories—their work reflected a new interest in journalism as both criticism and social history, and explored in detail distinct elements of American life and foreign affairs...
...boat had jumped Harvard off of the start in the teams’ previous two meetings—finally held the advantage for a full 2,000 meters on Saturday. After relinquishing a four-seat lead in the Harvard-Yale dual race and a near boat length margin at Eastern Sprints, Yale took off and never...
Harvard could not repeat its fine start from the morning heat and found itself down just after the start. And a boat that had come from behind in every race all season—a boat that had overcome an open water deficit to Cornell and a boat length deficit to Yale at the halfway point once already—came up short for the first time since a dual-season loss to Georgetown on April...