Word: rivers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Friday, November 5. 6.00--Special train leaves South Station for Fall River wharf...
...four University boats raced yesterday over the mile and seven-eighths course in the Charles River Basin. In the A and B race, Crew A led slightly during the early part but near the finish Crew B spurted and the boats approached the line side by side. Crew B was not able to keep up the terrific pace, however, and A was judged the winner by six feet. The winner's time was 10.30. In the other race C beat D by six lengths. Today Crews A, B, and C race over the same course, leaving the Newell boathouse...
...final regatta of the fall rowing season begins this afternoon. The four crews race over the mile and seven-eighths course in the Charles River Basin from the Cottage Farm Bridge to the Union Boat Club, C and D leaving Newell at 3.50 o'clock and A and B at 4.40. The winners of these contests race over the same course tomorrow...
Tomorrow the four University crews will race over the mile and seven-eighths course in the Charles River Basin from the Cottage Farm Bridge to the Union Boat Club, Boats C and D at 4 o'clock and A and B at 4.50 o'clock. The winners will race over the same course on Thursday. On these two days also the Eliot and Thayer crews will race for the Filley Cup over a course to be announced later...
...possession of the Slocum Trophy. The third crews do not row until this afternoon but Smith could finish last and still come out on top in the final reckoning. The first race was started from the Cottage Farm Bridge at 4 o'clock, the crews rowing across the Charles River Basin to the Harvard Bridge. Smith and Gore rowed side by side during most of the race, but a hundred yards from the finish Smith spurted and managed to shoot over the line a bare quarter-length ahead. Standish finished far in the rear. Smith's time was 5.36 which...