Word: sprint
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Crimson, finishing the mile and three-quarters course in 8:59,6, never had to row above a 35 beat, although both second-place MIT and third-place BU approached 40 in the final sprint...
...efforts of McCagg at stroke stood out in what was a generally competent performance by the freshmen in their first race. McCagg kept the beat down early in the mile and three-quarter sprint, a wise move considering the roughness of the water at the beginning of the race...
...other times, there were side trips to Wheaton (a mere 23 miles) and a sprint trial to Radcliffe on 1890 vintage two-wheelers. Along about 1939, the powers that cycle got together and decided on the Wellesley race as an annual affair, and it has been held, mostly after the vernal equinox ever since, with the exception of the war years...
Bill Curwen, an elongated Exonian who last year stroked the Crimson to the Eastern sprint championship and a record-breaking victory over Yale, is back in his old position, after being given a tough battle for the post by Sophomore Art Rouner. The latter is now stroking the Jayvees...
Three more races remain on Harvard's agenda. The next is the E.A.R.C. 2,000-meter sprint championship, which the Crimson will be fighting to retain for the third straight year. Following this comes a fight with Bolles' old nemesis, Cornell. Last year, the Ithacans were the only crew (outside of the Olympics) to mar the Varsity's record; and this spring's race takes place on Lake Cayuga, the only place where a Bolles-coached crew has raced but never...