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Yesterday afternoon, according to announcement, the Canoe Club held their annual fall race. The course was triangular, with the starting point near Union boat-house. The first half mile was in a northwesterly direction, the second half mile in a southeasterly direction, and the last two miles from there straight back to boat-house. The contestants were F. J. Proctor, '87, A. G. Webster, R. G., E. K. Dunham, M. S., and T. Dunham M. S. At first there was no wind, but when about half over the course a light breeze sprang up. The race was close throughout between...
...made in keeping the pressure on all through the stroke, so that there is little let up. All the men have more or less serious individual faults. Bow: rowed in '87 freshman crew; chief fault is tendency to raise his hand at the finish instead of drawing them in straight; this makes him finish rather poorly, and shortens his stroke at the end; it also makes him feather under water. 2: never rowed before; strong man and is doing well; has overcome to a great extent his hang at both ends of the stroke; he still sometimes clips the beginning...
...college has ever won ten straight championship games since the formation of the inter-collegiate league. Yale once won nine straight, but was defeated by Princeton in the final game...
...hour and a half, and our men not discouraged, went to work with a will to overcome the lead of the Druids. By steady play, they soon had the ball most of the time at the Druids' end, and before time was up, our men had scored 5 straight goals. The work in goal of Easton was very fine, he having to stop many straight shots of Frick. The whole team played well, and our homes did good shooting. After supper, the Harvard twelve were the guests of the Harvard club of Baltimore, and led by Dr. Frank Donaldson...
...expenditure of ten dollars would right this state of things: a small tile pipe would remedy the first defect, and a few hours labor straightening the stones would remedy the second. Let us hope that the authorities who are so eager that we shall tread in straight paths, will at least make them easy for our weary feet as possible...