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After this New York was confined mostly to the defensive, and was repeatedly saved from defeat only by the exertions of the player at point, who successfully resisted the efforts of the Harvard homes to get the ball near the goal. At length a well-directed throw of Woods won the first goal for Harvard in thirty minutes...
...seniors and sophomores had a short spurt in front of the boat house yesterday afternoon. The seniors started about a length ahead, and when the bridge was reached had not increased their lead materially...
...Bierwirth read his Bowdoin prize essay on "The Doctrine and Method of Socrates," in Sever 11 last evening to a very appreciative audience. On account of the length of the essay he was compelled to omit portions and was unable to dwell much on the personal characteristics of Socrates. The essay dealt mainly with the philosophy of Socrates and his school, and was very critical and interesting throughout...
...informal race between the freshman and Union crews yesterday afternoon, the latter crossed the line winners by about three-fourths of a boat-length. The freshmen pulled pluckily and in good form, although showing up rather poor at the start. The course was a mile and a quarter in length, from the Brookline bridge to the Union boat house. Included among the spectators were a number of prominent sporting men from Boston...
...appears that the bone of contention was the inequality of the length of the boats. Harvard's was about five feet longer than Yale's. A start with the bows on a level would cause each Yale man to be behind the corresponding Harvard man, causing the former much inconvenience, while if at the start, the sterns were even, and the decision rendered according to the bows, Yale's course would be diminished five feet. - [Deleware College Review...