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...scored a clean-cut victory from the Senior eight and four other class crews yesterday afternoon over the mile and seven-eighths course on the Basin. Capturing an early lead, the 1925 oarsmen finished with a length of open water over the Seniors, who led Sophomore B by a scant half length. Sophomore C, crew X, and the Junior class eight finished in the order named...
...scant three quarters of a length separating the rival shells at the finish testified to the closeness of the struggle. It was a hammer and tongs affair all the way down the course, with Crew C always in a challenging position, but the 1925 oarsmen had a perceptible advantage-sufficient to drive their boat across to a decisive victory. It is probable that the two crews will come together again tomorrow in a race over the Henley distance...
...crews, the rival strokes, Brown and Amory, keeping their shells pretty well abreast of each other. Spurt matched spurt for the last couple of hundred yards, but the third eight, rowing only seven-eighths of a mile, had the advantage of endurance and pulled out at the finish a scant quarter length ahead. The Junior eight finished three lengths behind...
...Charles River Basin, Coach Haines has selected the first and second Freshman eights. Four members of the Red crew, which won the race are retained on the first crew. The other four men rowed on the White crew, which came in last, defeated by the Blues by a scant ten feet...
...Freshman Black crew lost a very close race to the Union Boat Club eight yesterday afternoon over the one-mile course in the Charles River Basin. The boats were on even terms for most of the distance, the Boat Club crew winning by a scant half length in a brilliant finish...