Word: wind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...distance and not falling below 32 at any time. The men stood the pace, and the boat spaced well. The men showed an improvement in driving the stroke through with a powerful finish. The time, 10 minutes 5 seconds, is no criterion, as the crew was forced by the wind to cling to the Boston shore and had to diverge to mid-stream in order to circle the line of piles...
...shooting team was defeated here by Yale this afternoon, in the second dual shoot of the year, by a score of 203 to 174 birds, out of a possible 250. The poor score of the University team was in great part due to the bad weather conditions, a cold wind making accurate shooting impossible. The best individual score was made by King of Yale, who killed 43 out of 50 birds...
...strong wind prevailed last week often rendering the water almost unfit for shells. Under such conditions, by keeping too fast a stroke over the first part of the course, the Seniors were defeated by the University second on Thursday. Friday they again rowed the course and beat by more than a length the Stone School first, which took them up for the first mile, and by as much again the Stone second, which picked them up for the last half mile. There is a lot of power in the boat which would be more effectively applied...
...yard dash should be won by Dives, who did 51 2-5s. flat last Friday against a strong wind. J. S. O'Brien '09 will be a close second and Rose of Dartmouth should win third...
...times the shell rocked considerably. Tuesday afternoon rough water allowed the men to row down stream only to a point 1-8 of a mile below the Harvard bridge and back to the boathouse, and on Wednesday a similar course was taken. On account of the strong wind Thursday afternoon, the crew rowed up stream. They went as far as the Brighton bridge and back...