Word: columbia
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...crew has been rowing twice a day, for the most part taking very light work. The crew has been together now for over three months, and although the weather conditions have been unusually poor this spring, the crew has developed into an exceptionally powerful and fast eight. Since the Columbia race on April 17, the order has been unchanged except for the absence of R. Cutler for one day and the temporary illness of Waid during the last few days. The men are much better together than they were a month ago and the crew has improved materially. The boat...
...strength that may make the final result dangerously close. The University led in the number of men qualifying for the finals with 15; Yale and Cornell tied for second with 12 each; Pennsylvania had 8 men and Princeton 7. The other colleges to qualify were Dartmouth with 3, Michigan, Columbia, and Syracuse, 2 each, and Swarthmore, Brown, and Haverford, 1 each. In addition to this Harvard, Cornell, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Williams, and Dartmouth have 1 man each entered in the 100-yard dash and Princeton...
...good second at the finish. Spitzer of Yale took third, shutting out Vilas of Yale who was just ahead of Boyden of Harvard. The third heat was run in slower time, Frantz of Princeton winning in 2 minutes, 2 2-5 seconds. Sanders of Columbia and Baxter of Dartmouth shut out Guild of Harvard and Mann of Yale for the other places. As a result of these trials it looks as if Pennsylvania would score the most points in the final heat, thus injuring the chances of Yale and Cornell...
...five men who were retained for the broad jump were closely bunched between 21 feet 9 inches and 21 feet 6 1-2 inches. Mayhew of Brown made the best jump, with Nixon of Cornell an inch behind. Babcock of Columbia was a quarter of an inch behind Nixon, and Cook of Cornell a quarter of an inch behind Babcock. Kilpatrick, although he finished fifth yesterday, is still a prominent candidate for first or second place. Cook has a lame ankle and may not be able to improve his mark to any great extent...
...thirty-three meets which have been held, Harvard was won 12, Yale 9, Pennsylvania 5, Columbia 3, Cornell 3, and Princeton...