Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...into consideration the men who actually finished fifth last year in all but the two hurdle races, in which only four men were allowed to start in the final heats. According to this table, Harvard would have won the meet from Pennsylvania by the score of 29 to 28, though possibly counting a fifth man in the two hurdle races might have enabled Pennsylvania still to tie or defeat the University...
...University team, though it has been in a bit of a slump for the past week and has dropped games to Penn. and Holy Cross, appears to be the best that Harvard has had for several years, and has won 13 out of 16 games played, losing one game each to Georgetown, Penn. and Holy Cross, but as Harvard had won and earlier game with Georgetown there was an even break with the Washington college. There will be another game both with Penn. and Holy Cross, so there is a chance to even up with those teams...
They are warned to wear old clothes of the hip less variety. Hips are not in fashion this year they tell us. Furthermore they are warned to take some of the smaller U. S. coins along because even though it be a desert isle, there may be a chance to get rid of it. The boat leaves at 7.30 and will reach Otis Wharf at 5.30 this evening...
Tonight the strains of Musaeus are again wafted across the Yard from the mouths of the Glee Club; and, though the Yard is devastated may the multitudes turn out, for the beauty of sight which has gone will be forgotten in the beauty of sound which remains...
...first race, the junior event, the second crews of Princeton, the Naval Academy, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale lined up with the University shell. Though Yale had the best position, Harvard overcame this handicap by making a quick start, leading all the other boats after a dozen strokes. From the quarter-mile mark to the finish Harvard was never headed, the real race being between Yale and Pennsylvania for second place. Just before the finish was reached, Yale passed Pennsylvania and after a powerful spurt finished about a half a length behind the University. The time for the distance...