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...boating men says that in the race between the 'varsity and freshmen eights the other afternoon, the 'varsity men by no means put forth their best efforts, but merely endeavored to push the freshmen as fast as possible in order to see just what they were capable of doing. The freshmen demonstrated on this occasion that they were capable of pulling a fast race and making a fine spurt when called upon to do so. The freshmen will not row in a new boat at New London, as they have all along expected. Waters, who was to make their boat...
...spite of the threatening weather, an audience of between 50 and 75 saw Baker break the 220 yards record yesterday afternoon. The track at Beacon Park was chosen for the race, because it has a 220 yards straight-a-way. It has the representation of being an exceptionally fast track, but in spite of the broken records yesterday, it was in poor condition. The rain had formed a thin layer of mud on the top, and even when this was scraped off, the track was dead and without its usual spring. To make the record beyond dispute, four well known...
...successful meeting held by the Yale Bicycle Club last week, brings more forcibly to mind the condition of bicycling at Harvard. Two years ago the Harvard Bicycle Club held a meeting which, from the large number of entries of prominent amateur wheelmen, and the fast time made, was extremely interesting, and showed the activity of the club. If we remember rightly, the amateur record for one mile was broken at this meeting. Unfortunately for the interests of bicycling in college, the faculty after this forbade the club to hold bicycle races in the future, although all the competitors at this...
Williams, '85, is fast recovering from water on the knee, with which he has been troubled for some time...
...noticed by many yesterday that the Harvard cheer which is preeminent among the college cheers for dignified slowness, is gradually degenerating into the fast and frivolous "rahing" of Yale...