Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Ninet-nine Weld rowed a short spurt of three hundred yards with the B. A. A. eight yesterday and won by a slight margin...
...Yale crew was again shaken up yesterday. Mills, who has been rowing 2 for a week was replaced by Rogers, who has been laid off with malaria for a fortnight. Langford rowed stroke and Griswold 7. The crew beat the Freshmen in a mile spurt...
Harvard won the team race from Pennsylvania after an excellent race in the record breaking time of 3m. 15s. Bigelow started off for Harvard and by a good spurt at the finish, just held his man who had led him all the way. Williams then took it up and after passing Grant at the first turn gained steadily on him, finishing fifteen yards to the good. Fish added a few yards to the lead, and Hollister, although he did not have to exert himself, widened the gap still more, ending about thirty yards ahead of Jarvis...
...captain deserves much credit for the victory as he started the movement for a regular crew and gave up a great deal of time during the winter and spring to coaching the men. Their long and faithful training was shown conclusively by their good form on the final spurt after a hard race. It is hoped this victory will stir up more interest in rowing next year and that the Club will be enabled to enter two crews, one in the Intermediate, the other in the Junior race...
...starters to set the pace for two laps, and an interesting race was the result. Fearing was ahead, with Schrader second, until he ran off the track and had to withdraw. By the third and last lap, Dawson had come up to the front and, with a spurt at the finish, he passed Schrader, who had just ridden in the trial heat. The finish of the tandem race was very close. Underhill and Williams passed Hewitt and Baker within a few feet of the line...