Word: almost
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...orders of the crews, which change almost daily, as new men are found and moved up, are as follows...
From this point to the finish, the race was almost bow to bow all the way, Russell gaining slowly, and Thayer just managing to keep its lead. Thayer crossed the line first, a few feet ahead of Russell; Randolph came third with about the same intervening distance, Claverly and Mt. Auburn street were about a length behind the winners, Claverly leading by about 40 feet...
...able to score on the first, a feat which has been accomplished only once before this season. However, the first team came back very hard and scored four times on the second, plunging straight through the line on the old fashioned plays. The second team used Cornell formations almost entirely, and these plays are being used to prepare the team for the game on Saturday...
...bridge and finishes opposite the site of the old Boston Athletic Association boathouse, a quarter of a mile below the Harvard bridge. Buoys will be situated at the start and finish to do away with the confusion and to enable the judges to decide the race definitely. It is almost impossible to predict the winner for this afternoon, as in Tuesday's race, not one of the five eights was able to gain a length. This final race is between Claverly, Mt. Auburn street, Randolph, Russell, and Thayer, as Dunster-Dana-Drayton, the sixth crew to qualify cannot...
...first team used straight football for almost all of its gains, Minot gaining constantly through the centre of the line. Both Galatti and Wigglesworth were used at quarterback and each ran the team well. Galatti played during the first part of the scrimmage but Wigglesworth went in after Minot and Leslie had scored. During the latter part of the game Minot scored twice more, the second team weakening under the steady rushes of the first team backs. Long played in the scrimmage for the first time since his injury in the Brown game...