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...second crew covered the first half-mile in 2 minutes 20 seconds, and the first mile in 4 minutes 47 seconds. It started with a 34 stroke for one minute, dropped to 33 and then to 32, and in the final spurt went to 35. The freshmen traveled a beat or two less than the second crew at all times. Four watches in the coaches' launch caught the times alike. The seating of the second boat was the same as yesterday, Lovejoy still being...
...race was a close one all the way through, and at no time did open water show between the two shells. The Yale boat held the lead up to a half-mile from the finish, when the 1920 eight put up the stroke for a short spurt that put them even with the Blue shell. However, the Elis put up their stroke shortly after and regained and increased their lead to a length, which they held until...
...University's 14, the Crimson's opponents securing eight of their points in the relay. This event proved to be the most spectacular race ever witnessed in the Rutegrs pool, the home team snatching their victory by one tenth of a second, in the face of a splendid spurt by A. H. Brackett '22, the Crimson anchor man. At Annapolis, the Navy swimmers registered an easy victory over the University, breaking the intercollegiate record in the 160-yard relay by covering the distance in 1 min., 19 sec. Notwithstanding the fact that L. B. Davis '20 took first place...
...outdistanced by Damon of Amherst. In the one hundred yard dash, although Brackett had entirely outclassed the other entries in the first heat, he was unable to recover from Biddell, the Tech star, the lead which the latter seized in the first few yards of the race. A splendid spurt in the last lap brought Brackett up to the engineer's shoulder, but failed to win him the race...
McCarthy went to the front in his spurt with Abrew and continued to increase his lead in the second, third and fourth laps. Abrew, however, commenced a spurt in the fifth lap that carried him past McCarthy and gained a lead of 20 yards for Cornell, when Dickinson took over the race...