Word: scratches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Scratch races...
...following will be the contestants for to-days scratch races. The crews will take places in this order: '87, '86, '88, '85, counting from the south bank...
...scratch races to be held this noon form one of the pleasantest features in the athletic annals of the year. The races for senior eights are generally well contested, and the crews, though hastily gotten together, often row in really good form. The race between freshman eights serve the same purpose as does the clown in a circus. It is to be hoped, however, that the eighty-nine crews will not be wrought to such a pitch of enthusiasm as to attempt to drive their boats through the sea wall, as did the freshman crews of last year. The four...
...matter of oars the club is woefully deficient, Only a few pairs, and many of these not mates, are to be had for the pair-oared boats and for the singles. The only two four-oared working boats owned by the club are so out of repairs that the scratch race for fours announced for tomorrow's races may have to be given up. It is time that something were done to remedy the existing state of decay in the Harvard navy; it must not be allowed to follow the example set by the navy of the United States...
...entries for the Scratch Races to take place on Saturday, Oct. 17th, at 12 o'clock, will close Friday at 6 p.m., sharp. They will consist...