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...Newell had the advantage of having rowed together longer than the other crews. The crew was picked last Thursday and no changes had been made in the order since then. The men rowed well together and had plenty of life. Brownell kept an excellent beat throughout the race and drove the crew well...
After the settlement of the Cape by the Dutch East India Company, affairs rapidly went from bad to worse. A harsh rule, combined with slavery and forced labor, soon drove out many of the Dutch inhabitants, who worked northward and finally settled down in the Transvaal. A large French Huguenot element had come in at this time, and as a result nearly two thirds of the Boers today are of French descent...
...yard line through Brown, and Ellis gained first down. Sawin gained 3 yards, and Ellis carried the ball to Yale's 21-yd. line, and again to 16-yd. line. Ellis gained 3 yards through centre, and again 2 yards. Ellis plunged to 9-yard line. Ellis drove it to the 5-yard line and again to the 3-yard line. On the 2-yard line, Yale secured the ball on downs, and McBride punted to Daly, who heeled the ball on the 30-yard line, and received 10 yards for interference with his fair catch. Burnett missed the place...
...quarter of a length of open water. The start was not made until one o'clock owing to the difficulty of securing a coxswain for the second Weld crew. C. H. Morrill '00, who finally took the place, more than compensated for his extra weight by the way he drove the crew in the race...
...next half against the Freshmen resulted in no touchdowns. By exchanging punts, however, Fincke drove the ball so far into the Freshmen's territory that he was able to make a fair catch on the 45-yard line. Although the catch was made only a few feet from the side-line, Burnett kicked the goal. The Freshmen then tried a rushing game, and though unable to make successive gains, advanced the ball well at times. Derby made twenty-five yards around Hawkins, but after that the Freshmen were held for downs. Time was called on account of darkness...