Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lead which was gradually increased until at the finish there were six lengths of clear water. Both crews showed remarkable training but the superiority of Yale was evident. Harvard's recover was too hardand stopped the boat between each stroke, while Yale recovered easily with no loss of speed...
...make the same ratio of improvement during the next ten days at Cambridge, and then can have two clear weeks at New London, where they will be entirely free from all distraction and annoyance, and will be able to devote absolutely their whole time and attention to increasing the speed of the boat, the crew will make a record for itself which will not be a discredit to the college...
...during the entire year, with a cap, a sweater, a pair of tights, a blazer, or any single article of clothing. The captain and treasurer believe that there has not been a dollar given to the crew this year which has not been made to contribute directly to the speed with which the boat is now travelling...
...work of our men at the Staten Island Athletic club games today will be of importance as showing, in a measure, what our chances will be in the intercollegiate games next week. The men will have an opportunity to test their speed against amateurs, including a number of representatives of other colleges, and will gain steadiness and experience, which can not fail to be valuable to them...
...white cedar planking, copper fastened throughout, but the keel, frames and waining are made of white oak. The decks are of white pine. The boiler is of sectional steel pipe tested to four hundred pounds hydraulic pressure. The engine can develope fifty horse power at six hundred revolutions. A speed of six teen miles continuously on a consumption of one hundred pounds of coal an hour is guaranteed. A light canvas awning stretched over a slight galvanized pipe affords protection against the weather, while acurtain stretched across from the after bulkhead to the roof separates the after cockpit from...