Word: fortnightly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...permanent changes have been made in the Yale Freshman boat for nearly a month, although Thomson, who is rowing at 2, was tried at stroke for a while. The crew was rowing in wretched form a fortnight ago, but is rapidly getting into better shape. They are using the shell which the 'varsity found unsatisfactory last year. It is believed that there will be a shake-up in the crew after the spring regatta...
...candidates is the first important step in the conservation policy which is to govern this year's Mott Haven training, and it certainly seems a wise one. In addition to the physical benefit which men who have been taking part in recent indoor meetings will undoubtedly derive from a fortnight's rest, relaxation from daily routine of gymnasium and track work can not but have a beneficial effect...
Another Englishman, Claude Goldie, number 7 on Leander and probable stroke of the Cambridge eight this year, is expected a fortnight later...
...rowing was somewhat disorganized by the defects of the shell. In the second place, J. H. Perkins, probably in consequence of the weakness of the shell, strained his side and was forced to stay out of the crew for nearly three weeks. Since his return to the crew a fortnight ago, however, the improvement has been constant and the crew are now on the whole rowing very fairly together...
Harvard today plays Princeton for the second and possibly the last time this season, as the loss of this afternoon's contest means defeat in the series. The nine is, however, playing much better than it was a fortnight ago, and, judging from their improvement, as shown against Pennsylvania and Amherst, they may reasonably expect to win. Princeton, on the other hand, has lost one of their best men in Easton, who will be unable to play. In fielding the nines are about even...