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Nearly twenty-five members of the Harvard Shooting Club were present at the meeting yesterday afternoon, which was by far the most successful shoot of the season. There was a match between a team of graduates and a team of undergraduates which was won by the former. During the first part of the afternoon there was quite a strong breeze which affected the scores considerably. The teams were made up of seven men, each man shooting at 20 birds with the following results: Graduate team-Austin, 14; Allen, 14; Mead, 12; Clyde, 17; Holder, 14; Slocum, 19; Parker, 7. Total...
...contest for the Founders' Cup, Quinlan and McKay tied on 12 out of 15 birds, and in the shoot-off Quinlan...
...Friday, Feb. 22, there will be a shoot between a graduate team and one from the college, preceded by a number of scratch matches, in which it is desirable that as many members as possible compete...
Today (Friday) the regular series of shooting matches will be commenced at Watertown. The members of the club are desirous that as many new men as possible enter the matches, and it has been decided to have one match, designed especially for new-comers, in which large handicaps will be given. The match with the University of Pennsylvania last year proved very interesting, and it is to be hoped that matches can be arranged this year with Pennsylvania again and with Columbia. It is important that all the members of the club be present at the match on Friday...
...principal faults are due to their lack of experience. They all lack control of their bodies, and hence their rowing is very irregular. The body swing is carried too far at both ends and results in "slumping" at the finish and falling forward at the full reach. The crew shoot out their hands at the finish with such a jerk that the oars do not come out of the water cleanly, and the boat receives a series of jars which would be fatal to a shell. The following are the men who are trying for the crew, with the individual...