Word: races
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...varsity, and since then Storrow '85, has taken charge. The university crew has been slowly gaining, especially during the past week, but although far ahead of last year's crew at this time of the year, much improvement has yet to be made before the New London race. The crew will leave Cambridge as soon as possible after June 10, and will live in the regular Harvard crew quarters on the Thames. The new cedar shell in which the sophomores rowed in the class races is now being used by the university crew and is considered very satisfactory...
Since the class races the freshmen have been hard at work every day preparing for their race at New London with the Columbia freshmen. They have continued to work under the direciton of W. Alexander, L. S, stroke of last year's university crew. Some progress has been made during the last three weeks, but at present it is very noticeable that the crew is rowing a stroke which is short and lacks life, faults which can only be remedied by the exertion of more energy by each man individually. Since the class races Dewey has rowed four, but recently...
...Nobles, Hales, English High, Worcester Academy, Newton High, and Phillips Exeter. The events, for which there are 163 entries in all, will be-one hundred yards dash, half mile run, four hundred and forty yards dash, two hundred and twenty yards dash, one hundred and twenty yards hurdle race, mile walk, running high jump, running broad jump, pole vault, putting the shot (16 lbs.), throwing the hammer (12 lbs.), mile bicycle race, and throwing the base ball. G. B. Morrison, '83, will act as referee, and the judges will be G. S. Mandell, '89, R. G. Leavitt '89, G. Beals...
...nine will receive inadequate support from lack of men to go to New Haven to see the game next Saturday. The men in Ninety-two have generally shown themselves eager to support the interests of their class in every way, and it would be little less than dis race, if so few freshmen accompanied the team as to cause complaint from the nine itself...
...yards hurdle race. first heat-H. L. Williams, Yale, in 44 4-5 s; N. L. Deming, Yale, second. Second heat-G. S. Mandell, Harvard, first in 27 1-5 s; E. B. Bodley, Harvard, second. Third heat-Herbert Mapes, Columbia, first in 43 4-5s; S. D. Pierce, Columbia, second. Trial for seconds won by Deming in 28s; final heat won by Mapes in 26 2-5 s. Williams and Mandell were tied for second place in the final. Williams...