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Yale won all three boat races at New London on Thursday, June 25, under almost perfect weather conditions. In the four-oared race the Harvard boat jumped ahead at the start but was soon over-taken and at the quarter-mile was a length and a half behind the Yale crew. This lead was gradually increased to four lengths at the finish. Time...
...annual races between the Harvard and Yale University eights, University four-oars, and Freshman eights, will be rowed at New London on Thursday afternoon, June 25. The Freshman race will be rowed first and will start from Red Top at 2 o'clock, down-stream over the two-mile course to the Navy Yard. The University four-oar race will commence at the Nary Yard immediately after, and will finish at the draw bridge two miles farther down. Later in the afternoon the University eights will race downstream over the four-mile course from Red Top to the draw-bridge...
...GALES FERRY, June 12.--Owing to the high wind which prevailed all day the crews did not go out until 6 o'clock this evening, when the two eights took a racing start and rowed a mile together. The University crew showed a decided superiority throughout the work. Swaim again took his regular place at bow in the University eight and Burchard returned to seven in the Freshman boat. George Mumford '87, captain of the '86 crew, arrived at Red Top today and helped coach Higginson in directing the work...
...University team is still weak in batting and lately has had little success in bunting, because of a tendency to start to run before hitting the ball. In the last two weeks the nine has also taken a slump in fielding, the chief trouble being that the men hurry the plays. The last two or three games have afforded little chance for base-running, because of poor work...
...showed great improvement in its work this morning. The catch was much quicker and there was far more life in the boat. In the afternoon, however, the university crew was again defeated by the freshmen in a one and one-quarter mile race. The two boats took a racing start and were even until towards the end when the freshmen spurted and won by a short distance...