Word: miles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...strong, quick stroke of of 39; the freshmen were rowing 39, the sophomores 38, and the juniors, 37. The superiority of the seniors at once become evident. The force and vigor of their oarsmen telling at every stroke. The '88 crew was rowing well together, and for half a mile kept a good second, while the freshmen and '89 a half length behind were steering not so good a course. At the mile the freshmen were abreast with '87, both rowing 39, '89 was a half length behind and rowing in better form than the others, while '88 had dropped...
...days ago, the Yale freshmen crew in a two-mile race with the 'Varsity crew was beaten by a length and a half...
...Half-Mile Run - C. A. Davenport made 2 minutes, 7 seconds, with no competitors...
...Mile-Walk - H. H. Bemis, the only contestant, succeeded in making his mile in 6 minutes, 59 1-2 seconds breaking the previous Harvard record of 7 minutes, 1 second, held by E. C. Wright, '86. Bemis walked in excellent form, and his success was the more remarkable on account of a strong east wind, which made good work difficult...
...encouraging feature of the meeting was the large number of men who made the quarter mile in between 52 and 54 seconds. Taking this into consideration with Bemis's record in the mile walk, this afternoon may be called highly successful, and one which has materially increased our chances of winning the cup again this year...