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This afternoon both eights went about two miles together. A slow stroke was kept by both the crews. The two four-oared crews had a race of one and one-half miles this afternoon. The freshmen started a length ahead but were a length behind at the finish. The work was very smooth, although no time was given...
...third time this season. The distance was covered in 20m., 10s. This is good time, but the conditions were almost perfect and a strong tide and a favoring wind were of material assistance to the boat. The Freshmen raced the University crew for the last two miles, starting a length behind, and finished three-quarters of a length ahead. The Freshman boat went as well as it has at any time this season. The University four-oar rowed over the two-mile course, but no time was taken. The crew was not well together and Emmons caught a crab near...
...June 17, 1906--During the rain on Saturday afternoon, the University crew went over the four-mile course down stream in the good time of 22m., 20s. The Freshman crew paced them for the first two miles, finishing three-fourths of a length ahead off the Navy Yard, making the two miles in 11m. 10s. The tide was flood and there was no wind...
...place at bow in the university eight, Rockwell going to bow in the four-oar. Both crews kept a 30 to the minute stroke and there was no attempt at a race. In a half-mile brush between the university and freshman four-oars, the former won by a length...
...sent out on the Thames yesterday at 6.30 o'clock, and covered the regular four-mile course in 23 minutes, 34 seconds. The Freshman eight also took the water at the same time, and for the first two miles of the course raced the university crew, winning by a length and a half. The Freshmen rowed a 29 stroke, while that of the university eight was 28. No announcement was made of the time of the four-oar, which was sent over a two-mile course. As the tide was going out, and a cross wind blowing, the water...