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...away from the bridge. A series of three shots will be fired for a starting signal. Between the first and the second shot there will be two minutes, between the second and third, one minute. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore and bumps will be signalled, either through a megaphone or by a pistol shot. As soon as the signal is given the bumping crew and the crew bumped will drop...
Practically the same rules will be enforced this year as last. Members of the University squad, who will be posted along the bank, will act as judges, and will fire a pistol when a bump is made. When one crew bumps another, both crews will pull out to the side as quickly as possible. These rules are subject to change...
...fair catch. An excellent feature of the game was the fine interference given the Harvard runners by the rest of the team. In the line Kersburg, Burr and Osborne played the best game, the first two tearing big holes in the opposing line and then pulling the runner along. Parker played a fairly good game at center. The ends were not quite as strong as they should have been, for they failed several times to make easy tackles after getting within reach of the runner. Hall, who was taken out of the game on account of an injury...
...Peck spoke first of numerous disasters along the coast, describing vividly the storm of November, 1898, in which the life-saving crews had not only to perform their usual duty of saving shipwrecked crews, but also to rescue cottagers, whose homes were demolished. In that storm the entire crew of the pilot-boat "Columbia" was lost, and the wreck is now on exhibition at Scituate. Mr. Peck showed numerous pictures of surf to demonstrate the dangers undergone in launching life-boats. One of the slides was a fac-simile of a letter written by the keeper of Minot's Ledge...
...after a half-yard loss. Starr at once tried another quarterback kick, this time successfully, for Macdonald, who got the ball, gained 15 yards. As the first play failed to gain, Starr tried a drop kick for a goal, but the pass was poor, and Starr kicked the ball along the ground. Burnham recovered the ball, after which Starr again tried a drop kick on which the ball went out of bounds. Immediately after the kick-out time was called...