Word: straightaways
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...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...
...Saturday, the second Freshmen will race Groton at Groton over a one-mile course. On the same day the third Freshmen will race Middlesex over a half-mile straightaway course in the Basin...
...Thursday afternoon, April 21, the University crew defeated the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, over a two-mile straightaway course on the Severn, from Greensbury Point lighthouse to the boathouses, winning by two lengths of open water. The time of the University crew was 11 minutes, 16 and two-fifths seconds, the Navy finished in 11 minutes and 26 seconds. Both crews were evenly matched physically, Harvard winning through superior rowing ability...