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...second position, while between him and Coney were two Michigan men, Tower and May. On the third lap the Michigan runners began to close up, and at the three-quarters had passed McGee. Paull continued to run entirely alone forty yards ahead and finished the race in a splendid sprint that seemed to cause him no effort. McGee managed to regain third place at the beginning of the last lap and on the final stretch made a desperate effort that brought him second place ahead of Tower. May retained his lead over Coney and finished fourth...
...Jaques several yards behind. On the fourth lap the first important change occurred when Taylor moved up into the lead. For a while Lightner of Yale took the lead, but when the final race for positions began he dropped rapidly behind. Early in the last lap Taylor began to sprint, Dull doggedly holding his position a few yards behind. At the same time Jaques began his final spurt, but the leaders never slackened, although it seemed impossible to keep up such a fast pace till the end. Instead of weakening, however, Taylor even increased his speed on the final stretch...
...Saturday afternoon the Weld crew was defeated by Worcester High School in a mile and one-half race on Lake Quinsigamond by three lengths. Although the Weld crew was much heavier and stronger than Worcester, it did not have the ability to sprint and rowed a slow stroke. In the last half of the course Worcester crew away without much effort rowing about 38 to the minute. Worcester's time was 8 minutes, 27 seconds...
...mile run was closely contested between Lacey and Jones; Jones won by a hard sprint at the finish in the good time of 4 minutes, 39 3-5 seconds. Burns excelled for Exeter, winning the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds, and the 220-yard dash in 22 1-5 seconds. Dupont did the best for the Freshmen, winning both hurdles...
With only eight days of actual practice on the Charles left before the Annapolis race, the University eight was put through a short but hard drill yesterday afternoon. The river was very rough, and the wind dead ahead upstream, but Coach Wray demanded a high stroke. On the first sprint the stroke was rapidly put up to 33 to the minute, and in the stretch extending from below the Stillman Infirmary to the boathouse it was raised to 36. The crew showed even better form with a high stroke than with a low, although it tended naturally to clip...