Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Just before Harvard Bridge the 1926 oarsmen hit it up in a spurt that carcied them to a half-length advantage over the upperclass boat, but Brown matched the challenge with a further increase in stroke and had pulled nearly even as the arches rumbled overhead...
...Spurt Came Before the Bridge
Even before the close of the opening spurt the C crew appeared to be gaining and by the time the one-mile mark was reached the seconds were three lengths behind. Mumford maintained the stroke and since Bradford was unable to compete with his rivals' pace the C crew gained four more lengths in the remaining distance...
...Mumford '25, stroking for the first time in his career, started off at a rate of about 40 strokes a minute, but soon dropped to 32, where he kept the stroke during the remainder of the course excepting the short spurt at the close. The time was 11 minutes and 10 seconds...
...University could secure in Saturday's crew program on the Basin. The 150-pound race was an easy affair, going to the Crimson by a length and a half, but in the final event between Union Boat Club and University B, the Unions evened honors in a stirring finish spurt, the result being a dead heat...