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...least a month before the race. It is absolutely impossible for a coach to pick out the individual faults of eight men in eight days. While he attempts to do so, each man contracts new faults, the time becomes poor, the crew soon begins to feel from the motion of the boat that its rowing is ragged and by no means up to the mark, nervousness sets in, and the consequence of all this is that on the very eve of the race the crew is totally "demoralized." These facts are mentioned not for the purpose of accounting or apologizing...
...convention of the National Lawn Tennis Association, held in New York on March 3d, was attended by representatives of only sixteen out of the forty clubs belonging to the association. Harvard was represented by proxy. It is with surprise that we learn that a motion prohibiting proxy voting was lost. With any amount of proxy voting allowed the meetings cannot attend properly to the discussion of important points, such as the rules of the game. We presume, however, that this means that the executive committee decides on the measures to be adopted, and the meeting merely endorses their decision. Among...
Director Swift, of the Warner Observatory, Rochester, N. Y., at 7 o'clock last evening discovered a bright telescopic comet about 2 1/4 north of the star Beta, in constellation Pegasus, having a tail about half a degree long, and slow eastward motion; about R. A. 22h. 50m., about N. Dec. 29. This is the first comet of the year, and promises to be a conspicuous object in the western...
...House, yesterday, on motion of Mr. O'Niel of Pennsylvania, the Senate amendment to the pension appropriation bill was passed...
...line continually; furthermore only half of the crew get a decisive snap on the catch, two, three, four and six being deficient in this particular. The three stern men row well together, but in the bow the time is bad. Stroke pulls in excellent form, with an even motion and firm catch. Several of the men manage their shoulders badly and nearly all need coaching on the slides...