Word: races
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual consolation cross-country run will be held over the regular University course, instead of over the Chestnut Hill course, as was at first planned, and will start from the Locker Building at 4 o'clock this afternoon. This race is open to all members of the University who are not on the University team, and cups will be awarded to the winners of first and second places. As only six men had entered last night, entries may be made in the blue-book in Leavitt & Peirce's until 9 o'clock this morning. The entries last night were...
...University cross-country team will leave the Square this morning at 9.15 o'clock to take the 10 o'clock train from the Back Bay Station for New Haven. The team will run against Yale at 3.30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the third cross-country race held with Yale. This afternoon the squad will walk and ride over the Yale course. This course, which is six and three-quarters miles long, extends for about one mile through the fields, a mile over macadam road, another over stony wood road, two more over macadam, a sixth on a dirt causeway...
Yesterday afternoon the University crew won an exciting and fiercely-fought race on the Charles River by finishing a few feet of open water ahead of the second crew, which in turn finished about ten lengths ahead of the third crew. An unfortunate blunder on the part of cox-swain King marred the race somewhat, but served to bring out the splendid spirit of the University eight, a spirit which wins races against heavy odds. Just before reaching the Cottage Farm Bridge the University crew ran into a launch anchored in the stream. All four starboard oars...
Slowly but determinedly the University eight drew away from the third and gained on the second with every stroke until at Harvard Bridge the second crew was only a seant length and a quarter of open water ahead. The third crew was by this time well out of the race, about six lengths behind. Halfway from Harvard Bridge to the finish the bow of the University boat lapped the stern of the second crew shell, the University crew rowing at this point a hard 33. The second crew fought hard, however, and the University eight was now only able...
...finished in good condition but were very tired. Stroke Cutler, after the University eight had hit the launch, drove his crew hard and was well backed up, especially by the three men directly behind him, the stern four doing the best work throughout the race. The second crew made a splendid fight in the last three quarters of a mile and was well stroked by Forster. It was not till after hitting the launch that the University crew showed any sort of form and power, but the work of the eight in this last half of the race offset...