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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first relay of the Harvard Pennsylvania race, J. E. Haigh '03, by sprinting at the start, took the pole, which was a great advantage on the narrow track, and finished about five yards ahead of Cook of Pennsylvania. W. G. Clerk '01 ran a hard race and opened up a gap of about 40 yards over M. J. Westney, which was increased to almost half a lap by E. C. Rust '04. J. G. Wills '02 also gained on the last relay and won the race by over half a lap. The time, 3m. 11 1-5a., lowers...
...rather easily as W. F. Chase of the Junior team fell at one of the turns and gave his opponent a large lead. The race between 1903 and 1904 was also lost by a fall. B. M. Maynard '04 injured his ankle near the start and although his successors regained much of the lost ground, 1903 won rather easily. In the final race 1903 took the lead at the start, and maintained it throughout, winning...
...Lynch of the Cathedral Y. M. C. A. in very good time,--4m. 42 2-5s. The two mile scratch race brought out an exciting struggle between A. Grant of Pennsylvania and F. M. Kanaly of the Cambridge Gymnasium. Grant took the lead at the start, and soon lapped the whole field except Kanaly, who easily kept near him. Toward the end Kanaly sprinted, but Grant had a good lead and won out in 9m. 40 4-5s. R. Grant '97 was third. R. Sheldon of Yale, the scratch man in the shot-put, was too heavily...
When Mr. James H. Hyde gave the library for the new Harvard Union a short time ago, he also gave $20,000 as a fund for the purchase of books and for the maintenance of the library. Of this some four or five thousand will be needed immediately to start the library, but after that only the interest, amounting to about $800 annually, will be used in purchasing books. After the necessary books of reference and magazines have been bought, the committee purposes to pay especial attention to the collection of books of sport and novels, so that men will...
...details for the annual race at New London. The date chosen was Thursday, June 27. The first event will be the freshman crew race at 4 o'clock for two miles up stream from the railroad bridge to the Navy Yard. Immediately after, the University four oared crews will start from the Navy Yard and will race two miles up stream to the usual starting place, nearly opposite the Harvard quarters. The University eights will race at 6.30, down stream on account of the change of the tide...