Word: raced
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Captain Overton of Yale duplicated his feat of a week ago, and again broke a world's record when he covered the 1,000-yard title race in two minutes 14 seconds, thereby lowering the record of Kiviat, made in 1914, by 1 2-5 seconds. Kelly of Holy Cross and McDonald of the Irish-American A. C., also established records in their respective events. The former did the 300 in 31 2-5 seconds, and the latter heaved the 16-pound shot 42 feet 7 1-2 inches...
...next event will be the Harvard Princeton race, to be held on Lake Carnegie on April 19, the opening event of the University crew schedule. On May 12 come both the American Henley at Philadelphia and the Childs' Cup Regatta at Princeton, in which Columbia, Pennsylvania and Princeton will compete...
...Saturday, May 19, the University will race Columbia over the mile and seven-eighths course in the Charles Basin. This will be the third time the two universities have met on the water, and the first since 1909. The honors in the two previous races have been divided...
...same day Yale and Cornell try out for the first time the new Housatonic River course at New Haven which Coach Nickalls of Yale regards as one of the best in the country. The next race will take place on Cayuga Lake at Ithaca between Princeton and Cornell as a part of the festivities of the Cornell Spring Day. This race will be the last of the preliminary season...
...Columbia preparations are being made for the race with the University on May 19. This is the only definite date that has yet been scheduled for the Columbia crew, Coach Rice is restricting the men to a severe routine of training and practice will continue indoors on the machines for several weeks to come. At present the first boat contains four veterans from last season's eight...