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...result of the two days of bumping races, six crews, Randolph, Hampden-Dunster, Russell, Weld, Claverly, and Mt. Auburn street, have been chosen for the final straightaway race from scratch for the Filley Cup, to be held in the Basin this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The course will be one and one-quarter miles long, extending from the Cottage Farm bridge to an imaginary line off Gloucester street. The race will be rowed down-stream unless the east wind holds. In this case it will be rowed up-stream...
...keeping the same positions relative to each other, they continued to gain until the Stillman Infirmary was reached. Rounding the bend at that point poor steering caused Russell to drop back, and it looked for a time as if Claverly would score a bump, but half way down the straightaway Harrower hit up his stroke, and the crews finished about as they had started...
...himself to keep from being boxed and swung into second position after running 150 yards. He then attempted to wrest the pole from Young, fighting for it while rounding the curve. In the meantime Sawyer of Princeton was taking his pace from Kelley and at the beginning of the straightaway passed him and started after Young. The latter rose to the occasion and exerted all his strength, running the last 100 yards in a phenomenal manner. Gamble and Haff of Michigan overtook Kelley 30 yards from the finish but were unable to catch Sawyer. Captain MacArthur of Cornell and Hough...
...Cornell man from the pole. Meanwhile H. Jaques, Jr., '11 had been running easily in third place followed by Jones. At the last turn the real test came, and Jones proved equal to it. He swung wide and began to sprint, securing the lead at the beginning of the straightaway. Showing the same beautiful form that he did earlier in the day in the mile, he crossed the finish-line breaking his second intercollegiate record in one day. Putnam followed his teammate, placing five yards behind. Jaques fought for the third place and secured it from Bodley, coming in only...
...third annual race for the Lathrop cup, presented by L. P. Dodge '08, captain of the University track team in 1908, will be held on the 220-yard straightaway in the Stadium this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The cup was presented to be raced for annually in the interclass games, but because of the unusually early date at which these were held this year, permission was obtained to postpone the date of the cup-race. Two years ago the cup was won by R. C. Foster '11, and last year by L. Watson '10. The following entries have been...