Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Freshman four-oared crews will race crews from Middlesex over the half-mile stretch on the Charles above the Stillman Infirmary this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. This is the fifth year that Middlesex has raced the Freshmen, and in each race the Middlesex first drew has been victorious...
...course. The Sophomores and Seniors continued to row evenly together up to within 100 yards of the finish. Both had rowed good races but the Seniors had no strength left for a final spurt, while the Sophomores, who were still strong, won by a length in the final stretch...
...University crews and two Freshman crews held mid-day practice on Saturday, all rowing up stream to the bridge at the end of the long stretch. One important change was made in the orders, Chanler taking Eager's place at stroke in the first University boat, Eager rowing at stroke on the second crew. The first and second University crews are both commencing to space out better, and the first two Freshman crews are rowing exceedingly well...
Only three men of the seventy entered failed to appear at the starting line, and shortly after 11 o'clock sixty-seven men were sent away. For the first half-mile the squad kept pretty well together, but from this point on they began to stretch out. At the head of the first loop, a mile and a half from the start, a group of about ten, among whom were Jones, Berna and Withington, were in the lead. These three continued to keep together, Withington generally setting the pace, until after the four mile mark was passed. Then Jones took...
Only three men of the seventy entered failed to appear at the starting line, and shortly after 11 o'clock sixty-seven men were sent away. For the first half-mile the squad kept pretty well together, but from this point on they began to stretch out. At the head of the first loop, a mile and a half from the start, a group of about ten, among whom were Jones, Berna and Withington, were in the lead. These three continued to keep together, Withington generally setting the pace, until after the four mile mark was passed. Then Jones took...