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...upon the stroke and bow oars are not balanced by any corresponding strains. As a consequence nearly every boat twists with use in such a manner that the port side near the stern and the starboard side near the bow are lowered, i. e. the boat assumes the shape of a screw. The cross bracing devised by the builders of the past year is simply a scheme to prevent this twisting. Mr. Davy's boat looks very well and if anything can be judged of its speed by the work put on it will probably be fast...
...they are expected to be ready for use by May 16. Waters, the troy boat builder, has taken the contract, and is to furnish the two boats for eight hundred dollars. The shells are to be exactly alike even to the oars which are to be of the same shape and size as those used by last year's crews. Until the shells are ready the 'varsity crew will use the rejuvenated boat of '88 and '89, and the freshman crew that...
Princeton will award trophies in the shape of miniature gold footballs to her victorious eleven...
...summary of the base ball games is very clear and concise. What in former years occupied over two pages has been condensed into less than one half and put in a much more readable shape. The date, place, and score of each game is given, but the make-up of the Harvard team is omitted excepting in the case of championship games where the full score is given...
...ones, are sufficiently large to furnish two foot ball fields, and give an excellent chance for base ball. This fall the donor has built a track which, as far as advantages go, will put Williams on an equal footing with her rivals. The track is oblong in shape, fifteen feet wide and a sixth of a mile in circuit. It is very carefully underdrained and is composed of pin gravel covered to a depth of nine inches with cinders. The track is so arranged that the finish of the races will be opposite the grand stand which is also just...