Word: timing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Score--Mermaids, 4; Nymphs, 2. Goals--Shaw 3, Gustafson, Bail, Rice, Referee--W. H. Thompson. Goal umpires--Day and Hansen. Time--20-minute halves. MERMAIDS. NYMPHS. Goepper, g. g., See Furbush, p. i.h., Long Kingman, c.p. o.h., Bail Noble, 1d. 1a., Smith Briggs, 2d. 2a., Morgan Gustafson, 3d. 3a., Rice Roberts, c. c., Alexander Nash, 3a. 3d., Sterner Nichols, 2a. 2d., Fabens Bernard, 1a. 1d., Trull Martin, o.h. c.p., Brown Shaw, i.h. p., Parker
...splendid spirit of the University eight, a spirit which wins races against heavy odds. Just before reaching the Cottage Farm Bridge the University crew ran into a launch anchored in the stream. All four starboard oars, and two of the outriggers hit, and all headway was stopped. At the time the University eight was only about two lengths of open water behind the second boat and fully three lengths were lost. With six lengths to make up in about two miles, the University crew settled down with determination to the task and eventually...
...crews hugged close to the Cambridge shore and went inside two rafts anchored about one hundred feet off shore, while the third crew passed outside both rafts and was passed by the second crew. Just after leaving the rafts the University crew raised the stroke to 33 for a time and further cut down the lead of the second crew to only two lengths of open water, this stretch being the first time the crew showed good form and got into the water quickly. It was just after this that the crew lost three lengths or more by running into...
Slowly but determinedly the University eight drew away from the third and gained on the second with every stroke until at Harvard Bridge the second crew was only a seant length and a quarter of open water ahead. The third crew was by this time well out of the race, about six lengths behind. Halfway from Harvard Bridge to the finish the bow of the University boat lapped the stern of the second crew shell, the University crew rowing at this point a hard 33. The second crew fought hard, however, and the University eight was now only able...
...that the University crew showed any sort of form and power, but the work of the eight in this last half of the race offset the lack of life and good rowing shown in the first part when the crew was in the wash of the other boats. No time was given...