Word: racing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...date of the class crew races has been changed from Saturday, May 15, to Friday, May 14. The race will probably be held at 5 o'clock. Immediately afterwards the single scull race for the Carroll Cup will begin. The race for second crews will be held on Thursday, and the winning crew may enter the class race on Friday. Strength tests must be taken before a man may enter any of the three races...
...annual consolation games held in the Stadium yesterday there were several good performances. The quarter-mile was the best race of the afternoon, S. C. Simons '11 winning by a slight margin in the creditable time of 52 4-5 seconds. The mile was another well-contested race, in which H. Guild '10 just beat out C. P. Howard '09 in the home stretch. In the two-mile, H. Y. Masten '10 established a lead at the outset, which he maintained throughout, winning in rather slow time. The performances in the field events were poor...
First 1912 Crew Wins Race in Basin...
Later in the afternoon the three crews composing the Freshman squad raced up-stream over the mile and seven-eighths course in the basin. The second crew was given a start of a length over the first, and the third was given a length and a half over the second. At the finish the first crew was about ten lengths ahead of the third, and the third half a length ahead of the second. The first crew passed the other two halfway between the start at the Union Boat Club and the Harvard Bridge, and from here the race developed...
...first four-mile race this spring the work of the University crew seemed to be fairly good, although at times the finish was poor and the slides uneven. The crew was also inclined to shorten, and the blade work of some of the men was very erratic. The second crew rowed the last half-mile in splendid form...