Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strain on the heart of the man becomes proportionately greater because no human being could stand the strain of a high stroke over such a distance. The strain on the heart is therefore a gradual if a long pull, and is not so weakening as would be a shorter race. In a race of four miles, then, when the stroke attains an average of 30 strokes to the minute--and in spite of newspaper reports it is very seldom that any four mile crew can attain to this average--taking 20 minutes to row, the oarsman will have breathed...
...rowing I have never seen a crew which won a four mile race and was a length ahead at the third mile which was not superior in every way to the other crew or crews. This crew would have won just as easily if the race had been the shorter distance. Moreover I have seen many a four mile race won by a crew which was a length behind at the end of the third mile, and a race such as we had at New London in 1914 was worth many years of 'walkovers...
There is plenty of good material in the squad, though as it is still early in the season many men have not yet been fully developed. Worcester and Tllton, however, have done excellent work in the shorter distances, while Hadley's plunges have measured above the average. Helm and Workout are expected to make a good showing in the racy dive, as are Ashton and Stone in the Hundred, and Thomas and Lippitt in the two hundred...
...Brown baseball schedule has been released. The schedule includes 18 games, five less than last year, with one date still open. The shorter schedule is due to the season opening a little later than in previous years...
...rule college students have favored the shorter night plan. Some believe that they can study better in the evening than during the day, maintaining that there is so much to be done that it seems impossible to spare much time for sleep. Others actually find that they can sit up most of the night and still be fresh and vigorous...