Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...full half hour of the 'Varsity football practice yesterday afternoon was devoted to practice of signals. After a little fumbling at the beginning, some very good work was done, Maguire being at quarter and Brown and Dibblee playing as halves...
...Quarter-backs-C. D. Daly, R. Fincke, J. F. Jennings, H. R. Hayes, C. F. Shaw...
...rumored that Tom Burke, the world's champion quarter mile runner, who has just received the degree of L. L. B. from Boston University Law School, will enter Harvard as a special student this fall...
...clock. Harvard caught the water first and soon had a lead of half a length, Cornell being second. Harvard and Cornell started at 35 strokes to the minute, Yale at 34. Yale soon increased to 36 and began to draw up at once, till at the three-quarters the three crews were about even. Here Yale drew gradually ahead and at the mile was rowing even with Cornell, Harvard being about a quarter length behind. For the rest of the course Yale kept up a long, powerful 33 till near the finish, when it was increased...
...length of open water, the B. A. A. bringing up the rear three lengths behind. All the crews were rowing in fine form at this point, the Weld especially maintaining a long, even stroke at 38 and rowing in perfect union. This order was maintained until within a quarter of a mile from the finish, when the Millstreams spurted strongly and drew up quickly on the Weld. The Weld, however, answered readily with a similar spurt and crossed the line a winner by half a length of clear water in 7m. 57s. The time was within a second...