Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Shortly after passing the boat house, Ninety-three took its first real spurt of the race, but did not succeed in making any noticeable gain. She then dropped to 35 strokes a minute, while the freshmen kept theirs at 38 and showed no signs of weakening. Ninety-two dropped to 33, and gradually fell behind, though her form was very good. Another spurt by Ninety-three just before reaching the bridge helped her but little. All four passed under the bridge, and on coming out Ninety-four lead by nearly a length. Ninety-five was second, about half a length...
...rowing of all the crews. Bow in Ninety-four was very weak toward the finish and rowed rather poorly, while the crew as a whole was swinging off its keel and had become a little careless. No. 7 in the Ninety-two crew was pretty well exhausted, but a spurt was called for and the men pluckily bent to their oars for a last effort, but with no perceptible difference, although the crew came in excellent form. Ninety-three made a pretty attempt to make up for lost ground. The men rowed together but with the same short stroke that...
...final heat of the 440 yards dash Brewer had things all his own way and won by 10 yards in 53 2-5 sec. beating his own record by 4-5 sec. Second place went to Storrs by a pretty spurt on the very stretch. Reynolds took third...
...half mile run, leaving the field well in the rear from the start. His first quarter was done in 1 m. 2 1 5 sec. W. S. Davis, W. H. S., was second, and Hallowell, Hop., third by a plucky spurt at the finish...
...Yale crew were coached lately by "Bob" Cook. In a spurt of one mile the crew made the quickest time, for the distance, ever made by a Yale eight on the New Haven Harbor...