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...tickets has been issued admitting the holder to the grand stand. The result is that the very object for which seats are reserved is not accomplished, and purchasers of the tickets will have to go as early to get good seats as though they had not paid an extra price. The difficulty is made more by the ease with which the tickets may be counterfeited. Indeed, it is reported that counterfeits have already appeared. If it is not too late some effort should be made to correct the mistake so that those men who have paid for seats...
...thousand extra reserved seat tickets have been issued for the Prince ton game...
...also incorrectly described. The play of the slide is less in England than in America. There is also a great difference in the build of the oars. Oxford uses oars with 3 feet 9 inches "in board length," Cambridge with 3 feet 10 inches "in board length." The extra length "in board" must give gieater power of leverage and a stronger finish. It certainly prevents any difficulty in keeping the button against the pin at both ends of the stroke an important principle in watermanship. Rowing at Cambridge has for sixteen years been under the charge of Mr. Herbert Rhodes...
...with the outside forearm and elbow and by the "sudden rush forward of the arms and trunk" after feathering. The whole weight of the rowing crew is shifted aft together, with the result that the stern is buried and the impetus again interrupted at the very moment when every extra ounce of weight tells, while the oarsman is brought to the full reach in a shapeless condition and out of trim for the coming struggle...
...doubt that the rute is wise in many ways, and one that should be strictly adhered to in the ordinary condition of affairs. At this time, however, there seems to be every reason for a temporary suspension of the regulation in question. As things stand at present, each extra week which a man intending to leave the hall must stay, gives added inconvenience to the men on the waiting list who are anxious to become regular boarders as soon as possible. When it is remembered that there are over one hundred and fifty men on the waiting list, it will...