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...June 14, 1906--The University crew defeated the Freshman eight on the Thames this afternoon by a length and a quarter in a two-mile race down stream, covering the distance in 11 minutes, 2 2-5 seconds. The Freshmen caught the water first, but at the first half-mile flag the University boat had gained half a length. With a 32 stroke, this lead was increased to a length at the end of a mile. In the third half-mile the Freshmen were rowing 34 strokes to the minute, while the University crew, raising this by two points...
GALES FERRY, June 13, 1906.--In a brush between the Yale university and freshman crews this afternoon, the freshmen won by a length. The brush was not spirited, however, and the stroke was not raised above 28 to the minute. Rough water hindered the work, but the university eight went up stream close behind the launch...
...first two miles, Filley maintained a stroke of 28, which was raised to 30 just after the Navy Yard was passed. Here the Freshman eight overtook the University crew, racing it to the finish. The Freshmen started about half a length behind, but at the end of a half-mile were a length and a half ahead, rowing 36 strokes to the minute, while the University crew held a stroke slightly over 36. At the three-mile flag the Freshmen were still the same distance ahead, both crews, rowing 32. In the last half-mile the University crew gained half...
...sufficient rapidity; at other moments the author seems to bridge over the past and present, disregarding the unity of time. He makes Agamemnon appear at home the morning after Troy was captured. This, Dr. Verrall and other critics consider a monstrous heresy in regrad to unity. But the sheer length of the choral odes creates a sense of the passage of time, so that no incongruity is noticed by the spectator...
Throughout the race, there was no open water between the boats. The Springfield crew took the lead at the start and after half a mile was half a length in the lead. Both crews were rowing about 32 strokes to the minute, but the Springfield crew showed more life and increased its lead to three-quarters of a length when the mile was reached. The Freshmen then spurted, but could only cut down Springfield's lead to a third of a length at the finish...