Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...very good form in the second race. Harvard got the better of the start, but for the first third of the course, Georgetown was almost even with the second University crew. The Wanderers fell steadily behind. At the half distance, Harvard was leading by a few feet and though the crew lowered the stroke from 38 to 36, it gained steadily and finished about three-quarters of a length ahead...
...University boat for a short while, but by the time the Harvard Bridge was reached, the University eight was leading by a little open water. Up to this point, the University crew had been rowing in fair form; below the bridge, rough water made the rowing rather ragged, though this did not affect the University crew as much as the Freshmen. The average stroke for both eights in the middle of the race was between 33 and 34; the University care finished with a lead of about three lengths of open water, rowing 38 strokes to the minute...
Rogers's hitting was the feature of the game; in five times at bat he made a home run, a three-base hit, and two singles. In the ninth, with the score 8 to 6 and only one out, it looked as though the score might be tied; Rogers made a three-base hit and came home on Foster's single; Foster stole second, but Bolton filed to shortstop, and deWindt was thrown out at first, ending the game...
Talking about President Wilson, Mr. Kennedy declared him to be the most popular man in Princeton today. Both he and President Lowell are trying for social reforms, though perhaps by different means; and it is to be hoped that both may be equally successful...
...money collected by subscriptions there would have been a decided deficit. The increase in the football expenses was, of course, due largely to the trip to New Haven-money well spent. However, we have always disbelieved in the practice of supporting teams by subscriptions, and it certainly seems as though the expenses should be kept within the receipts, exclusive of subscriptions. They are at best an uncertain form of income and their burden is unequally and unfairly distributed. There are many ways in which the receipts from the major sports could be increased, and the CRIMSON again repeats that...