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...year of 1442.4 points yesterday afternoon. This surpasses the total of 1227.1 made by A. J. Weatherhead '16 this fall, by 215.3 points, and is 61.4 points higher than the record of 1381 points made by H. R. Hardwick '15 last year. Sixty-one push ups, 30 pull-ups, 265 points on the back pull, 400 on the leg pull, 50 on each fore- arm and 642.4 points for the chest and upper arms contributed to the total...
...University football team opposes the strong Virginia eleven on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Considering the University squad's crippled condition and the formidable record made thus far by the southerners, Harvard will be very fortunate to pull out a victory. Virginia sends up a team which man for man will probably excel the University in a number of positions. Except for Stillwell, an end, who is slight and tall the men present a very symmetrical line-up; each man experienced, big, alert, fast and strong. This eleven last year won the championship of the sough...
Harvard Training Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 10.--The morning row for the University and Freshman crews consisted of a half-mile pull at a short, high stroke. The second crew rowed for nearly a mile but the other boats were sent in earlier. This afternoon Coach Wray accompanied the University crew in a single, and rowed the men for short, hard stretches at top speed. After which they took a short spin with the stroke at 34. The emphasis today was laid particularly on a hard finish with a snappy recovery and a slow, easy slide...
...University crew has been doing good work for the past few weeks, seeming to have developed the strong catch and snappy finish which has been a determining factor in many previous Harvard victories. What is of still greater importance, the men appear to have acquired the ability to pull together better, this having been gained from their rowing in the same order for so long a time. B. Harwood '15, who has been out for some time on account of a slight injury to his arm, is expected to be back in his old position at number four...
Under ideal weather conditions the University oarsmen jumped into a lead of several yards at the start, and when a third of a mile had been covered, they led by more than half a length, pulling a stroke of 35, while Annapolis was working at 40 strokes to the minute. When the course was half covered Harvard had raised the stroke to 36 and there was open water between the shells. The Midshipmen tried to pull up but failed, and when the University found Annapolis unable to hold its place, it dropped to a lower and longer stroke, but continued...