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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Four men, R. H. Davis, L. S. Pratt '94, P. W. Davis '93, and Elliot '95, started in the two mile bicycle race. Pratt took the lead at the start, but on the second lap Davis passed L.S., him and set the pace for the rest of the race, until the spurt on the last lap. Throughout the race the four men kept close together, but when the spurt came on the last lap, R. H. Davis dropped back and let the three undergraduates have it out. These three finally crossed the line all in a bunch, with...
...Rowing Club race for club canoes was paddled yesterday, over a course of about a half mile with a turn, the start and finish being at the boat house. In the first heat were Hale L. S., Taylor '93, Scudder 92, W. M. Reed '93, Cockrell '95 and Bender, Div. The first named won by a narrow margin over Scudder and Reed. In the second heat Merwin '94, Stetson '94, beat C. Brewer '93, and H. B. Smith '93, by some very good paddling. Merwin and Stetson also defeated Hale and Taylor in the finals, thus winning the prize...
...University of Michigan base ball nine will start on their Eastern trip in the latter part of May. They play the University of Pennsylvania, May 21st; Lafayette, 23d; Lehigh, 24th; Princeton, 25th; Yale, 26th; Harvard, 27th; and Brown, the 28th...
...Lord, B. A. A., 7; G. R. Fearing, Jr., 12; M. Van Ingen, Y. A. A., 7; K. Brown, 2; T. C. Smith, scratch; H. T. Harding, M. A. C., owes 4 yds.; A. F. Copeland, M. A. C., 12. These are penalties, not handicaps; the best men start 12 yds. behind the actual starting line...
This afternoon at 4.30, the annual class races will be rowed over the usual course in the Charles River basin. The start is from the Longwood Bridge straight down to the Harvard Bridge, thence with a slight turn to the Union Boat Club, a few feet this side of which is the finish line. An extremely close contest is looked for, as the crews are to all appearances more evenly matched than last year...