Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman crew followed the race last Wednesday in their barge...
Yesterday we published a letter from the captain of the Yale freshman crew asking that Harvard consent to Yale's rowing in the Harvard-Columbia freshman race, stating that Columbia had expressed her willingness to row a three-cornered race...
Some time ago, in response to an editorial in the Yale News, we took the stand that our freshmen could not row a three-cornered race this year, because no chance to beat Columbia could be ignored, and in the best opinion there is not room for three crews to race with equal advantage on the New London course...
...mile bicycle race came next and proved to be the event of the meeting. The entries were K. Brown, '91, E. A. Bailey. '91. R, H. Davis, '91, W, B. Greenleaf, '92, and E. F. Rogers '90. At the start Greenleaf took the lead followed by Brown, Davis and Bailey in the order named. Their relative positions remained unchanged for the first mile, which was made in 3 minutes 11/2 seconds. On the next lap Davis and Bailey passed Brown whom they quickly left behind, but they were unable to get ahead of Greenleaf. On the last...
...junior and sophomore crews went to their training tables last week. Both these crews and the freshman crew are practicing daily in preparation for the spring regatta which comes off on the 18th. The race between these three crews will doubtless be very exciting, as they are evenly matched. The candidates for the freshman crew have been reduced to ten, and are as follows: Klinyke, 158 pounds; Jones, 169; Morison, 176; Adams, 180; Thompson, 170; Haskell, 163; Robinson, 167; Balliet, 165; Crosby, 165; and Swayne...