Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshmen, in the race with Columbia will use the same shell used by the seniors in the class races...
...freshmen leave for New London on the 19th of June and row their race on the 25th...
...crew has been rowing in very fast time. From one college paper they pass to another, until by continued reiteration they gain weight and are believed even by some Yale men themselves. To some extent this was the case last year, and many were heard to say after the race why, I thought they had made such good time in practice. Why had they thought so? simply from believing rumors which start originally from no one (but the originator) knows where. The fact was that the crew had never done anything in practice that could be called good time. Such...
...Norton, taking positions in the above order. The first mile was not particularly exciting and at its close the order was Millard, Frazer, Rothe and Norton. On the fifth lap Norton took the second place, passing Frazier and Rothe in splendid form. Rothe practically fell out of the race in the sixth lap. The second mile found Frazier ahead, followed by Norton, Millard and Rothe. The third mile was completed in the same order, though Rothe was now a lap and a quarter behind the leader. At the close of the fourth mile, Millard caught up with and passed Norton...
Owing to the non-appearance of Mr. Hamilton of Yale, the five-mile Harvard-Yale championship race was not contested. This was unfortunate, as the event would have been close and exciting...