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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University crew defeated the Freshman eight yesterday in a one and seven-eighths mile race in the Basin by two lengths and a half. Both crews left the starting line rowing thirty-five strokes to the minute with the Freshmen leading, but the superior strength of the University crew soon began to tell, and at Harvard bridge the latter was three quarters of a length ahead. Rowing a higher stroke than the Freshmen, the University eight increased its lead to a length and a half of open water at the finish...
...Freshman Race Yesterday...
...fourth Freshman crew defeated the second and third eights yesterday in a one-mile race from below the Harvard bridge up to the Cottage Farm bridge. The third boat had a lead of one length over the second, while the fourth eight was given an equal handicap over the third. At the finish the fourth crew was a length ahead of the second, while the third boat came in about an equal distance behind the second...
Crews representing the Newell and Weld Boat Clubs will be formed if by the middle of May each class has two crews on the river. The Newell and Weld eights will race over the course in the Basin on May 30, the day of the Harvard-Cornell race. Only members of the first and second class crews will be eligible for this race. The men of the Newell and Weld boats will receive their club letters. From these boats one or two four-oars will be formed to race the University fours in order to pick the four and substitutes...
...steady pull to Harvard Bridge, the second gained rapidly. A series of tens brought the second steadily ahead until at the finish at Longwood Bridge it was four lengths of open water ahead of the third crew. Neither eight displayed very good watermanship, but both rowed a hard race. The third lacked the power on the finish and the control over the slides which the second possessed...