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Both eights left the mark rowing about 34 strokes to the minute. The Varsity pulled a quarter of a length ahead, then lowered the stroke to 30 and at the half-mile to 28. The Freshmen throughout rowed two points higher than the Varsity. At the mile and a half flag they were about a length behind. Then Coach Wray ordered them to spurt. The stroke was raised to 36 and they pulled up on even terms with the University eight, which in turn raised the stroke to 34 and was half a length ahead of the Freshmen when they...
...second University crew won the race for junior collegiate eights at the tenth Henley Regatta of the American Rowing Association over the course of a mile and 550 yards on the Schuylkill River Saturday afternoon, defeating its nearest rival, Columbia, by two lengths. The Harvard crew took a commanding lead at the start, and at the end of the first half-mile had the advantage of a length, while Columbia, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale were almost even. The second University crew's lead was never threatened from that time on, but the contest between the other crews was a keen...
Princeton last week finished a close second to Columbia in a triangular race, beating Pennsylvania by a half-length...
...Freshman second crew defeated the Middlesex eight-oared crew over the half-mile course up-stream above the University boathouse yesterday afternoon, winning by a scant half-length. The Middlesex crew was about twenty-five pounds lighter to the man than the second Freshman crew, but pressed the Freshmen closely by rowing with a great deal of snap at a high stroke...
Lothrop in the Freshman boat, had good rhythm and plenty of snap to his stroke, and the crew, spacing out well, had little difficulty in increasing its lead to six lengths over the last three-quarters mile of the course. The Sophomores and Seniors continued to row evenly together up to within 100 yards of the finish. Both had rowed good races but the Seniors had no strength left for a final spurt, while the Sophomores, who were still strong, won by a length in the final stretch...