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...mile run, won by P. R. Withington '12 in 9 minutes, 58 2-5 seconds. P. Newton '11 was a good second. The 440-yard run was the most closely contested event. H. W. Kelley '11 took the lead at the start and led into the final straightaway when W. A. Barron, Jr., '14, forged by him, winning by a yard in 52 2-5 seconds. The largest point winner was J. K. Lewis, Jr., '11, with firsts in the high hurdles and the broad jump...
...Jaques, Jr., '11, to take the pole at the beginning of the last relay. Boyle, Pennsylvania's last runner, passed him on the first lap, but Jaques resumed the lead on the second. Boyle again passed Jaques and held the lead for the third and fourth laps. On the straightaway of the last lap, Jaques made a desperate effort to catch Boyle, and in the last 20 yards got the pole, and the two struck the tape almost together, Boyle winning by a matter of two or three inches...
...result of the two days of bumping races, five crews, Brentford, Claverly, Mt. Auburn street, Randolph and Russell, have been chosen for the final straightaway race from scratch to be held in the Basin this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The course, which corresponds to the American Henley distance, will be one mile, 550 yards long. The start will be made at the Cottage Farm bridge and the crews will finish on a line across the river from Fairfield street, three blocks below Harvard bridge...
...autumn of 1906 as a perpetual challenge cup to be competed for annually and to be held by the winner for one year, was won in 1906 and 1907 by Claverly, in 1908 by Mt. Auburn street. Last year the Thayer crew obtained the trophy by winning the straightaway race...
...bumping races for the dormitory crews will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 1 and 2. On Thursday, November 3, a final heat over a straightaway one and one-half mile course will be rowed in the Basin between the crews making the best showing in the bumping races...