Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spite of the time devoted to study great interest is taken in almost all branches of athletics, and fine grounds are laid out for cricket, foot-ball and tennis, as well as for track athletics, while about two miles from the school is Long Pond, which furnishes a good stretch of water for the crews. Cricket might be called the school game, and every effort is made by the masters to encourage it. Each of the two cricket clubs, "Isthmian" and "Old Hundred," have four elevens, and the school team is picked from these. Base-ball has been forbidden...
...Club have succeeded in securing the small float at the boat house for use all through the winter. On Tuesday afternoon the float was put in place in spite of the difficulty occasioned by the low tide. The water is at present extremely unfavorable for rowing, as a long stretch of mud intervenes between the float and the river; but the crews, equipped with rubber boots, struggle bravely through it, and will continue to take daily rows as long as the weather permits...
...conditions attending the freshman meeting yesterday afternoon were not very favorable to fast time. The air was raw and there was a bad wind on the back stretch...
Steeplechase of three-fourths of a mile stretch-C. A. Davenport...
...mile bicyle race yesterday between Brown and Greenleaf was won by the former, who followed Greenleaf until the home stretch when he spurted and came in a length ahead. The next race will probably take place next Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning...