Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rough football to be further eliminated by the abolition of mass plays...
...Perkins '99, captain had the course nearest the wall; crew No. 3, H. M. Adams '98, captain, was next; crew No. 2, D. M. Goodrich '98, captain, followed, and crew No.4, Higginson 1900, captain, had the outside course where the current ran strongest, but where the sea was especially rough. The course lay from the Union Boat House, straightaway up stream a distance of a mile, finishing two hundred yards this side of Harvard Bridge...
...game between West Point and Wesleyan was very hotly contested and showed the two teams to be pretty evenly matched, the score being 12 to 9 in favor of West Point. The match was a very rough one and was fought...
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 20.- Saturday afternoon the 'Varsity rowed three miles on time, which will be their last hard work before the race. The conditions were very poor, with a following wind, rough water, and an ebb tide. As a result the boat was half filled with water during the first mile, and the time was slow. From now on all efforts will be devoted to perfecting the time and uniformity of the swing...
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 17.- The 'Varsity and Freshman crews omitted their usual morning practice today. In the afternoon the 'Varsity went out first and paddled for a short time, the water being very rough. The Freshmen rowed at 6 for an hour, the boat travelling well at times. Mr. Storrow coached as usual and several of the 'Varsity crew were in the launch...