Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...print: Hill's Rhetoric. A new edition will be ready in the latter part of this week, and will then be on sale at the office. It may be possible for individuals to get odd copies at Boston stores, but members are advised to wait till the cheaper copies reach this office...
...half mile were, Harvard, 2m. 58s.,: Columbia, 3m. 9s. At the mile buoy both crews were bending to their work with a 40 stroke, the crimson leading by four open lengths. Time, Harvard, 6m. 1s.: Culumbia 6m. 22s. Columbia now struck into a 44 stroke, only to reach the mile and a half flag in 9m. 37s., 32s. behind Harvard. The race was now virtually over, as Harvard dropped to 34, and passed the line ten lengths to the good. Time, Harvard, 12m. 22s., Columbia...
...order. Harvard scored its first run in the fourth. Nichols was sharply fielded out at first. Willard hit a fairly easy grounder to Cook, and seemed about to fall an easy victim at first, but Cook threw the ball five feet over Seagrave's head, allowing Willard to reach third. Allen went out on a long fly to left field, which allowed Willard to score. Smith was sent to first on balls, but Edgerly closed the inning by sending a pop fly to Gunderson, Brown failed to score, for Nichols again assisted Allen in retiring the three men first...
...sixth, after two men were out, Allen got in a rattling hit for three bases, and crossed the plate on an error by Clark. A base on balls and an attempted put-out enabled Smith and Edgerly to reach first and second respectively, but Foster closed the inning by being fielded out at first. Brown went out in order. Score, 2 to 0 for Harvard...
...give below individual criticism of the men. Bow: rows oar out at finish; catches ahead; has good body movement, except a little drop at the catch, and does not swing back too far. 2: a strong man; rows pretty well; over-reaches somewhat and fizzles a little on the finish; his chief fault is that he does not pay attention to time or to the boat. 3: very hard worker, but gets in work at the wrong time; does not get weight on to his stretcher until half through his stroke; has bad jerk at finish; slumps badly at finish...