Word: length
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...short brush between the second and third crews yesterday was won by the third by about a length and a half. The third crew was fresh when the brush started, whereas the second had just rowed over the full course. The chief fault with the second was a marked tendency to cut off the finish of the stroke too soon...
...second crew beat the third by half a length in a trial race downstream over the mile and seven-eighths course yesterday. The third crew got away at the start and led by a little over a length at Harvard Bridge. Then the second raised its stroke and pulled up steadily until the finish. The time was 10 minutes, 22 seconds...
...spite of the fact that they were rowing a much slower stroke than the other eights. Just above the bridge, however, bow broke his oar, giving the first Weld second place, and the first Newell third. At the 1 1-2 mile the second Newell was almost a length of open water ahead of the first Weld and rowing well together at a 30 stroke. The first Newell was hopelessly behind, showing no drive or ability to keep together. At the finish the second Newell was a length and a half of open water ahead of the first Weld...
PHYSICAL COLLOQUIUM. Measurement of the Thomson Effect. Mr. E. P. Churchill. Absorption of the Air for Light of Short Wave-length. Dr. Lyman. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...
...half mile brush yesterday between the first crew and the crew of the Union Boat Club, composed of old University oarsmen, the latter won by about a length...