Word: pistols
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...novice cups offered by the Rifle and Pistol Club were won by J. J. Hayes '11, for the best rifle score and by E. P. Lipscomb 1L., for the best revolver score. From now until the Easter recess the club will have regular rifle practice on Mondays and revolver practice on Fridays in the baseball cage at 7.30 o'clock. A medal will be awarded at the end of every mouth to the man making the highest 5 out of 8 scores of 100 each. After Christmas there will be two scratch championship shoots, one, with the rifle...
...starting signal. Between the first and second shots there will be two minutes, and between the second and third one. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore, and bumps will be signaled either through a megaphone or by a pistol shot. As soon as the signal is given, both the bumping and the bumped crews will drop...
...signal. Between the first and second shots there will be two minutes, and between the second and third, one minute. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore, and bumps will be signalled either through a megaphone or by a pistol shot. As soon as the signal is given the bumping crew and the crew bumped will drop...
...race was started under very favorable conditions. The crews had good water for more than half the course, but at the finish it was choppy. It was not until after a false start, caused by the pistol's missing fire, that the crews finally got away. The University crew, rowing 39 to the minute, went into the lead on the second stroke. Columbia was rowing 38. After securing a slight advantage, Sargent dropped the stroke to about 35, and the University crew passed the quarter-mile mark a third of a length ahead. At this point Columbia was still struggling...
...University rifle championship tournament will begin this evening with the regular Friday shoot of the Rifle and Pistol Club in the baseball cage at 7.30 o'clock. The contest will be open to all members of the University, and entries may be made at the cage. The shooting for the revolver championship will begin Monday evening. Both competitions will be decided upon the scores of 10 strings of 10 shots each, to be made before the April recess. Revolver and rifle practice will be held in the baseball cage on Mondays and Fridays respectively until the end of the season...