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Yesterday, the crews rowed up-stream over the three and three-eights miles course, starting at the Union Boat Club and finished at the Weld boathouse. The second crew was given a start of 20 seconds, and although it led throughout the entire distance, the first gained steadily and at the finish there were but a few feet of open water between the two boats. Shortly before the finish the first crew, which had been rowing a steady stroke of 30, took a spurt and at the finish was rowing 36. The time was encouraging, even under almost perfect weather...
...second walk under the auspices of the Natural History Society will be taken tomorrow in the region around Concord. The party will start from the Square on the first car leaving for Arlington Heights after 8.30 o'clock. From Concord the route will go by Walden Pond, Sandy Pond, and thence to Bedford, where the electric cars will be taken for the return to Cambridge, which will be reached about 5 o'clock...
...work of the University crews on Saturday consisted of a time row up stream over a course which began at the Longwood Bridge and ended about three-eighths of a mile below the Watertown Bridge, a distance of almost three miles. The second crew was given a start of 20 seconds and although the first steadily shortened the distance between the two boats it was unable to get the lead. Owing to the crooked course and the rough water, caused by a strong ebb tide and a wind blowing up-stream, the time was slow. The orders of the crews...
...thirteenth annual interscholastic tennis tournament will start on Jarvis Field at 9 o'clock this morning. The preliminary and semi-final rounds should be finished by tonight, leaving only the finals for Monday. During the tournament preference in courts will be given to contestants...
...start was made at 3.25 o'clock. The Seniors immediately took the lead and settled down to a stroke of 35, closely followed by the Freshmen, the Sophomores and the Juniors. The Law School oat got away last, rowing a 38 stroke. At the half-mile the Seniors still held their lad with a steady stroke of 34. the Freshmen were about a quarter of a length behind. A little farther to the rear were the Sophomores, and behind them the Juniors. The Law, School crew was last. As the crews approached the bridge the Law School boat gained...