Word: finishing
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...slightly on account of the new bridge. As now determined the course will start from a line drawn three hundred feet from the coal sheds below the railroad bridge and parallel with a line drawn from Otter street near the Union boat house; the latter is to be the finish. The course is so arranged that two crews will pass through the first span of the Harvard bridge on the Boston side of the draw, and one through each of the adjacent spans on the Boston side of the draw. A meeting of the captains of the class crews...
...author. In the Boston production at the Hollis Street Theatre, there will be shown as perfect a reproduction of the ancient Greek theatre of Sophocles time as is possible on a modern stage. Yet under Mr. David Belasco's stage management, the "Electra" will have a complete theatrical finish, with a thoroughness of stage effects, lights, casting and ensemble never before attempted in a classic play. The music and choral movements are as near to the Greek models as possible. The latter especially, are very intricate and conduce much to the spectacular effect of the play. In the cast...
...cricket club began the season yesterday by playing a practice game with the Shamrock club of East Cambridge. Shamrock won after a most exciting finish by the narrow margin of three runs, the score being 70 to 73 in their favor. Ellis's bowling was sadly missed. There were four or five new men most of whom had played little or no cricket in the eleven that did duty for the college yesterday. For Harvard Brown did the best work at the bat, though the other men as a rule kept up their wickets pretty well. The fielding...
...which is taken in canoeing at Harvard, there is every reason to suppose that this afternoon's races will be well worth seeing. The course has been laid out in front of the Harvard boat house, and as this makes it possible to see the canoes from start to finish without the slightest difficulty, a large number of enthusiastic spectators ought to be present...
...were the home run by Howland, the batting of Willard and Henshaw, the double play by the Staten Islands, and a pick up by Wood in the fourth inning. The game occupied three hours and was so void of interest that nearly everyone had left the field before its finish. Only eight innings were played. In the fifth inning. McLeod was replaced by Hawley in the pitcher's box. Each side made seventeen errors. The umpire was incompetent; he was not in the game and his decisions were unjust to both sides. Harvard played Staten Island last year...