Word: turnly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Charles River Basin Commission has advertised for bids on its contract for the dam which is to turn the Charles river into a freshwater basin unaffected by the tides. The dam will be built on the present site of Craigie bridge, and its total length will be 1300 feet, the width varying from 140 to 490 feet. It will consist of two masonry retaining walls on pole foundations, the space between them being filled with earth to a depth of from 15 to 50 feet. At the ends the height of the dam will be 21 feet above mean...
...thrown by Sperry without gain, and Flinn made 5 yards through centre on a fake kick. On a quarterback run around Montgomery, Rockwell gained 11 yards. Yale was then forced to punt and Starr ran the ball back 10 yards to Harvard's 25-yard line. Harvard, in turn, had to punt and Hoyt, catching the ball at Yale's 45-yard line, was downed in his tracks by Montgomery. Derby was then taken out and Parkinson went in at centre, Parker going from centre to left guard, White from left to right guard and Squires to right tackle. Hogan...
...Hurley failed to gain. Sperry's attempted kick was partially blocked and the ball rolled along the ground until Sperry fell on it on Yale's 30-yard line. Harvard could not gain by rushing and Starr kicked to Flinn on Yale's 27-yard line. Yale in turn was forced to kick and Squires got the ball on Harvard's 45-yard line. Nichols went in for Sperry and on his first try got 1 yard around right end. After a short gain by Mills, an exchange of punts left the ball in Harvard's possession...
...bleachers blue turn pale with fright...
...three and a half lengths ahead of the fifth Newell. The third Weld led the fourth Newell by about two lengths. The third Newell gradually increased its lead, and just before the finish took a spurt, crossing the line five lengths ahead of the third Weld, which in turn was four lengths in the lead of the fourth Newell...