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...Bulls. Racing over a mile course on the Charles last year, Eliot jumped Trumbull by a length at the end of the start, but then watched the Elis eat into that lead all the way down the course, until at the finish it was a very narrow margin which separated the two boats...
...answer is quite likely to be; "Half a length in front" when the five crews come to the Mass. Avenue bridge. In comparing the races rowed against Cornell by Harvard and the Middle it must be remembered that although both won by 8 of a second, the navy margin came early in the race, while the crimsons similar advantage was gained only in the last twenty strokes...
...provision is made for price adjustments in case unit volume falls off so sharply as to eliminate profits. This problem-like most of the rest of the order-hits low-price manufacturers and distributors hardest of all, may well mean that some narrow-margin merchandise will disappear from the market...
Frank Cunningham's Jayvees jumped the Varsity by a half length at the start and extended this margin by another quarter before the race was half over. Captain Bobby Lincoln's Varsity began to make up the deficit from the mile mark on, as the rough water hindered both crews in raising the stroke. Over the last twenty strokes the bows were exactly even, and as both strokes were catching at the same time, the relative positions of the two shells never changed as they drove to an exciting, if inconclusive finish...
...winning the Blackwell Cup by the surprising margin of five and a half lengths, Yale also served notice that it is not to be trifled with and may be counted on to press the Crimson hard on the twenty-third...