Word: quinnipiac
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sophomore crew of Yale is in trouble. In addition to being in debt for last year's expenses, it has been obliged to pay for the boat which was broken in a recent accident on the Quinnipiac...
While rowing on the Quinnipiac river Friday afternoon, a short distance below the third railroad bridge, the boat of the Yale Freshmen ran on a submerged stake which broke a large hole in the bottom and caused the boat to sink immediately. The crew went on foot to the boat-house and returned in the barge to their shell which they towed down the river. The accident is similar to that which befel the sophomore crew this spring. The shell likewise is so badly injured that it will probably be useless...