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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...afternoon work was of a varied character. Starting at a very slow stroke, the men went down stream in three stretches as far as a quarter-mile below the Navy Yard. There, after turning, a short distance was covered with the stroke at 30. This stretch was followed by a racing start that was better than any Harvard crew has made on the Thames for the past three years. The boat shot along at a remarkable speed and the men kept together almost to perfection. The next stretch was a long one again, with a very slow stroke until opposite...
...crew stroked by Morgan gained slightly on the start, but Bacon's crew, rowing a higher stroke, succeeded, in wearing down their opponents' lead and were about half a length to the good by the time Harvard bridge was reached. At this point Morgan's crew again came to the fore, and the two boats were on even terms for a while. Shortly before the finish Bacon's crew spurted and gained nearly a length, but were unable to hold their distance, and Morgan's men drew up on them, and made the race a tie. There will probably...
...Freshman fours also raced yesterday, going over a course of about a mile upstream from the Harvard bridge to the Cottage Farm bridge. The crew stroked by Richardson, got the advantage of the start, and maintained its supremacy from start to finish. Superiority in power, combined with a higher rate of stroke, enabled them to draw steadily away and win by about two lengths of open water. As a result of the race six men will be chosen to constitute the Freshman four-oar and substitutes...
...saying that the University crew proved better and the Cornell crew worse than expectations. Although the crews' chances were estimated as equal, and the high wind was even considered to give the advantage to the superior watermanship of Cornell, the University boat took the lead at the very start and crossed the finishing line without ever being pressed...
...close race over the one and a half mile course on Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester on Saturday the Weld crew won from Worcester High School by less than a length. The time was 7 minutes, 58 seconds. The school boys had the better of the start and in the first mile opened up a lead of two length. Then the reserve strength and better training of the Weld crew began to tell and in a good finish it beat out the High School crew whose spurt was unavailing...