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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...started, 31 finished. Jackman of Harvard retired at the beginning of the race on account of a sprained ankle. All of the Cornell men finished in the first twenty-one places, E. T. Newman of Cornell winning the individual championship. At the start Newman took the lead, closely followed by C. Magoffin, also of Cornell, and W. Hail of Yale. Newman maintained his lead throughout the race, finishing in 32 minutes, 52 seconds, which is 23 seconds faster than the time made by W. F. Schutt, of Cornell, last year...
...Institute of Technology cross country team defeated the University team on Saturday in a five-mile run over a course beginning at the Highland Station in West Roxbury, and finishing at Technology's new grounds in Brookline. Loronz of Technology took the lead at the start and held it throughout the run. For the first half of the run H. H. Rowland '06 held second place, but toward the end was passed by W. G. Howard '07. Lorenz finished one-eighth of a mile in the lead, W. G. Howard '07 was second, Calloway of Technology third...
...Freshman fall race yesterday Crew A defeated Crew B by eight feet in an exciting contest. The time of the race was eight minutes, which was fairly good considering that the crews rowed against the tide and on stationary seats. The start was made about a mile up-stream from the Newell Boat Club and the finish was opposite the boathouse. Crew A got the better start and at once took the lead, rowing a stroke of 36. At the first bend in the course Crew B, which was rowing a 32 stroke, was a length behind...
...half lengths, and the latter winning easily from the third Weld by about five lengths. The time of the first Weld was 10 minutes and 13 seconds, and that of the third Newell 10 minutes and 31 seconds. The winners of both races took the lead from the start and maintained it throughout the race...
Both races were rowed upstream from the Union Boat Club to Longwood Bridge. In the first race, between the first and second crews of each club, the first Newell got the best start, but the first Weld, rowing a stroke of 34, soon took the lead and at Harvard Bridge was a length and a half ahead of the first Newell, which was rowing a 32 stroke. At this point the second Newell was a length behind the first Newell and half a length ahead of the second Weld. At the finish the first Weld led the first Newell...