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...annual Harvard-Yale rowing regatta will be held on the Thames, near New London, Conn., on Thursday, June 27. The Freshman eights will start under the New London railroad bridge at 10 o'clock in the morning and will row upstream for two miles, finishing at the Navy Yard. Directly after the finish of the Freshman race, the University four-oared crews will start at the Navy Yard to race upstream. They will finish near the west shore of the Thames, opposite "Red Top." The race between the university eights is scheduled to start in the afternoon...
...yesterday enjoyed the double privilege of witnessing an intensely exciting and well-played contest, and of seeing a Harvard team bring victory out of defeat by one of the grittiest fights in the annals of Harvard-Yale games. We extend our heartiest congratulations to the team for its splendid start in the Yale series; and when the players leave for New Haven Monday, they will go with the assurance that the whole University is awaiting the result of the second game with eager and confident anticipation...
...invaluable discovery of the facts concerning John Harvard's birth and antecedents. The fidelity and minuteness of Mr. Waters's researches make it doubtful whether existing records will yield any further information about the Founder. Should others, however, be emboldened to pursue the subject, they will be able to start with certain lines of inquiry that Mr. Waters's researches have opened. The identity of Harvard's father, Robert Harvard, and of his mother, Katherine Rogers, has been established, and his mother has been traced to Stratford. The house of Alderman Rogers, a colleague of Shakespeare's father...
...which covered about 7 miles in the afternoon. The University eight rowed over the four-mile course in the afternoon in 22 minutes and 33 seconds. This is the best time tat the crew has made so far this year, but the conditions were particularly favorable. At the start, Farely rowed about 36 strokes to the minute, but soon lowered his pace to 28 strokes. This rate was maintained over the entire course, with the exception of a slight raise at the two-mile mark, and at the finish. The rowing was very satisfactory and continual improvement has been shown...
...favoring tide; but Blagden steered a poor course, losing the force of the tide by not staying near enough to the channel. At about 7.15 o'clock the men went in the launch downstream as far as the New London railroad bridge. The crew got away with a good start and rowed about 32 strokes per minute for the first half-mile, which was covered in good time. Then the stroke was lowered until the end of the second mile, where the Freshman eight was waiting off the Navy Yard. Starting on even terms the 1910 boat took about...