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...other two crews continued the full 1 7-8 miles, rowing practically a dead heat all of the way. At the very finish the University came through with a winning spurt. W. A. Read, Jr., '18, took three in the Freshman boat in place of T. T. Mackie '18, who is out with a bad knee...
...Henley distance yesterday afternoon, from the Union Boat Club to the Cottage. Farm Bridge, the Freshman crew winning by a length. The 1918 boat jumped into the lead at the start, and at the halfway mark was a length and a half ahead of the Junior. In the final spurt the Junior boat gained about half a length, finishing a length behind...
...Harvard runner, jumped into the lead in the first twenty yards with Kauffman of Pennsylvania at his heels. For 250 yards he led by one yard but Kauffman finally passed him and gave Lockwood, his team-mate, a two yard lead over E. A. Teschner '17. By a terrific spurt Teschner passed Lockwood, but was forced to give way in the final stretch, and Lippincott, the Pennsylvania captain, was given a slight lead over W. Willcox, Jr., '17, Harvard's third man, and barely maintained his advantage. In the last relay W. J. Bingham '16 made a game fight...
...four-mile race was held yesterday between the first and second crews. The second crew was given three lengths at the start. The first crew closed up the distance by a spurt at the Anderson bridge, gained three lengths on the stretch to Harvard bridge and finished with this lead in spite of a good spurt by the second...
...line-up. The offensive department of the eleven is strong; the backfield being fast and possessing power and drive. Gordon has showed much ability of late in drop-kicking and is a big asset to the scoring power of the machine. The coaches are much pleased by the spurt which the playing of the team has suddenly taken within the past two weeks, thereby wiping out to a considerable extent the rather poor showing the eleven made in New York against Cornell...