Word: placing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Spring races at Yale took place on Wednesday afternoon. The single-scull race was won by Kennedy of the University crew in 15 minutes 21 1/4 seconds. Kennedy will pull in the single-scull race at Saratoga. The six-oared race was won by a crew from the Law School in 13.09, the Freshmen coming in second in 13.16, and the Junior class crew, with Cook and two other members of the University crew, 6 seconds later. The seat of the bow oar in the last crew came off its runners at the start, delaying the crew. Distance in both...
...which would probably have been very useful had they had ten days to row together before the race, but as it was they caused some distrust in the crew, and it was whispered that Matthews would probably come in second, and perhaps give Holworthy a hard pull for first place, for they were the stronger crew. Holyoke had made such radical changes at the last moment that none who know the necessity of uniformity of rowing doubted but that, barring accidents, she would come in last...
Holworthy led all the way back, while there was a dead set-to between Matthews and Weld for second place...
...practically over as far as athletic sports are concerned; for the body, on whose development especial care has been bestowed for many months, is now often almost entirely neglected in the eager effort to review a year's work in a few days. It does not seem out of place, therefore, to look back on the history of those associations which have been founded among us with the design of promoting physical development, in order to see how many of their early promises they have redeemed...
AROMA.THE expected games between the Sophomore Nines of Harvard and Yale will not take place, owing to the unwillingness of Harvard to play. - Yale Courant...