Word: gapping
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...Princeton football team has gone to the Delaware Water Gap for a short rest in order that they may be in good condition to meet Yale. The game against Cornell on Saturday discouraged the players considerably. Thompson has taken the place of Hearn temporarily. Gaily broke his nose Saturday, and Hunt will occupy his position for a time...
From this point until the end of the race, B. A. A's lack of training began to tell and their work became sensibly weaker and more ragged and Harvard by repeated spurts began gradually to close up the gap. There was energy enough, however, in B. A. A. to enable them to drive the stroke up to 40 in answer to Harvard's 38 and later 40 to the minute stroke. As both crews neared the line, it was impossible to tell from the launch which was ahead, and it was not until the judge at the finish...
...easily in 21 minutes and 30 seconds; Harvard's time was 22 minutes, 5 seconds. Yale went to the front with a good lead almost in the first twenty strokes which they continued to increase up to the two-mile flag, where Harvard began to close up the gap a bit. Harvard made another attempt to catch the Yale boat at the three-mile flag, and succeeded in gaining a few seconds, which they held to the three-and-a-hald-mile flag. Thereafter Yale continued to pull away steadily, notwithstanding Harvard's desperate spurt toward the finish. An occasional...
...held them well and kept a few yards in advance of '97. The relative positions remained unchanged at the Harvard Bridge but the distances between the boats had increased to one and one-half lengths and one length respectively. The seniors raised their stroke and tried to close the gap between them and the leaders, and slowly picked up half a length...
...have been appointed by the senior class to attempt to express to you their sincere sympathy in your great sorrow. We feel that the loss of your son has left in our class a gap which cannot be filled. The class as a whole will miss one whom they are proud to have called a classmate, and those who knew him intimately have lost a manly, sincere and lovable friend. We as a class share in your grief, for this sorrow has touched us all, and we join as friends and classmates to assure you of our deepest sympathy...