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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...start, all the contestants got away well together with Parker slightly in the lead. At the end of the first quarter-mile, Parker cut across Hooper's bow, causing the latter to collide with Strong, and forcing Wiggins against the bank. Soon Cutler who steered the straightest course began to draw ahead, followed by Peabody. Just before the finish, Parker passed Peabody and finished about two lengths behind Cutler. No time was taken...
Dean Briggs '75 spoke last. He began by saying that such a meeting made him feel both old and young; old, because he could remember when baseball was played where Memorial Hall now stands; young, by reason of the enthusiasm in the meeting. He said he saw the 17-0 game and the 22-0 game, but that he has rearely seen a team so alert as ours was last Saturday; and alertness which means intelligence in trainer and coach. The difficulty with Harvard teams in the past has been the lack of an intelligent system. Walter Camp's ability...
When the construction work on the subway began, the engineers estimated that it would take between three and four years to complete it, but now they expect to have trains running through it to Boston next October...
...construction of the Cambridge subway, which began a year ago last summer, has progressed very rapidly. At present there are only two portions of the work that are not completed. One of these sections is in front of Hampden Hall, which will be finished some time this week, and the other is a short section between the Post Office and the Co-operative Society's store, where work has been delayed on account of the large water main, which passes through the Square at that point...
...Weld; 5, Oxford street. The Oxford street crew decided to enter the race at the last minute, thus making five crews in each division. All the crews took racing starts off the mark at the gun, but Randolph was the only crew which was well together, and it immediately began to gain on Thayer. Chanler, at stroke, lowered the beat but very little after the start and kept driving his crew until it had bumped Thayer shortly before the first bend. Both crews then dropped out of the race. Oxford street, which started in last position...