Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Fifty-yard swim: Won by Milroy, Worcester; second, Worcester '20;-third, Tilton '20. Time...
...hundred-yard swim: Won by R. Heywood, Worcester; second, E. Heywood, Worcester; third, Stone '20. Time...
...There are three stock arguments which the opponents of a four mile race are forever propounding. They say first, that the strain on the oarsmen is too great; secondly, that a crew ahead at the third mile usually wins; and, thirdly, that the training for a four mile race is much more severe and takes more time from the athlete's college work than athletic should...
...Secondly, does the crew that is behind at the third mile race usually lose? Yes, it does, but this is from the fact that the crew ahead at the third mile is greatly superior to the other crews. In all my 20 years of studying rowing I have never seen a crew which won a four mile race and was a length ahead at the third mile which was not superior in every way to the other crew or crews. This crew would have won just as easily if the race had been the shorter distance. Moreover I have seen...
Captain W. H. Russell '18 was up to his usual form and won his matches with comparative ease. His third match with Grey was close, however, Russell making the winning touch in the last part of the bout. Grey was undoubtedly the best man on the Bowdoin team for in addition to giving Russell a close match, he defeated E. R. Gay '19 and R. G. Emmons '19, scoring the only two victories for Bowdoin...