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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Sunday was pleasant with a strong wind blowing up stream. In the morning as the launch was backing out to go to New London the Yale launch came down the river. Harvard had a little start and kept the lead in the race which followed till the Yale launch broke down. Mr. Nickerson, the proctor, who is with the crew to look after the examinations is very popular with...
...mile bicycle race Liffer, Alland Fenner, W. A. Fouled in the first heat and were allowed to enter the finals. This event was one of the most exciting of the day. In the final heat Mansfield, Wal., took the lead at the start and kept it until near the finish when Buck, Hop. making a good spurt passed him and took first place, Mansfield second, Wisner, E. H. S., third. Time 2 minutes, 42 1-5 seconds...
...clock today the crew will start for New London. The most of us will not see them again until next fall, and then the great race will either have been won or lost. From now on until the final day we shall follow their fortunes with the deepest interest. Although many miles from the University for whose honor they are working, the crew may feel that their progress will be anxiously watched. It will excite the same feelings of pride as if we were actual spectators of their efforts. We all wish them the best of good luck and shall...
...varsity crew leave today for their training quarters at New London. The men will leave Harvard Square at one p.m., taking the two o'clock train on the Old Colony route. They will stop at the regular Harvard quarters, which are just opposite the start of the race, four miles up the river. Thirteen men will be taken to New London and the probable order in which they will row is as follows: Fennessy, stroke; Cummings, 7; Vail, Captain, 6; Fearing, 5; L. Davis, 4; Newell, 3; W. S. Johnson, 2; Burgess, bow; Thomas, Coxswain. Substitutes, Richardson, Blake, Miller...
Forbes, bow, short stroke, two long body reach, hurries in the start of the recovery...