Word: bumped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clock the second division started in the following order: 1, Mt. Auburn street; 2, Brentford; 3, Dunster-Dana-Drayton; 4, Perkins; 5, Russell. In this race Russell got the best start of any of the crews in either division, and maintaining a high stroke this crew overhauled and bumped Perkins before 100 yards had been covered. Interest then centered on the three crews at the head of the line. For a short time it looked as if Dunster-Dana-Drayton, which was rowing a hard race, would bump Brentford, but poor steering ruined the crew's chances at the first...
...series of three shots will be fired for a starting signal. Between the first and second shots there will be two minutes, and between the second and third one minutes. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the bank, and bumps will be signaled either through a megaphone or by a revolver shot. As soon as the signal is given, both the bumping crew and the crew bumped must drop out. All bumps must be made on the outside. Each crew must keep to the inside course in rounding a curve...