Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lead of one-half a length which they maintained until Harvard bridge was reached. On the other side of the bridge the second crew pulled up and the boats were even until within 100 yards of the finish. Here 1909 Freshman crew forged ahead with a well-timed spurt and won the race...
...University crew won the eight oared race on account of superior endurance, and the ability of the men to keep well together throughout and follow a fast stroke in the spurt. Because of their lack of endurance the Yale crew could not back up their stroke, when he tried to quicken his pace in the last half-mile...
...half a length. With a 32 stroke, this lead was increased to a length at the end of a mile. In the third half-mile the Freshmen were rowing 34 strokes to the minute, while the University crew, raising this by two points, was unable to gain. In the spurt, however, the University eight gained a quarter of a length, winning by a length and a quarter...
...well against a strong head wind. The Freshman boat ran smoothly until the last half mile, when Mulligan seemed to lose control of his oar. Severance, at 5, caught a crab about three-quarters of a mile from the finish, and Rackemann, at 3, jumped his slide in the spurt. A slight change was made in the make-up of the Freshman eight. Mulligan returned to number 4, from which position he was yesterday changed to 2 in the four-oar; Crandall was moved from 4 to 2, while Cutler was changed from 2 in the eight...
...held a stroke slightly over 36. At the three-mile flag the Freshmen were still the same distance ahead, both crews, rowing 32. In the last half-mile the University crew gained half a length and finished just a length behind with a 34 stroke. The Freshmen during the spurt were rowing 36. Some of the men were excited during the final spurt, and did not pull together evenly. This was especially true of the Freshmen who rowed a much higher stroke than was necessary...