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...play was very uncertain, sometimes the men would work with a good deal of snap and then would show little or no life. The backs of the second eleven repeatedly made good gains through the centre of the first...
...surprises and showed very clearly that track athletics is a "mighty uncertain critter" to make any prophecies about. Who would have been willing to prognosticate, for example, that Corbin would get first prize in the half mile run out of the clutches of Will Wright himself? Or that Wright of Harvard would have to content himself with second place, owing to an unfortunate misunderstanding about the exact position of the finish line? Or that Stillman would beat Evins in the hammer throwing? Or that Wade of Yale would be better by a place than R. H. Davis of Harvard...
...score should prove a lesson to our athletic team. Racing against the forces of all the other colleges is a thing far different from racing against Yale alone, and if Harvard does no better than she did yesterday, the chances of her winning the Mott Haven games are terribly uncertain. There is still a week before the intercollegiate games. If this is too short a period for the men to do very much toward improving their speed, it is not too short for them to work themselves into the best of physical condition, and to get the idea firmly fixed...
...time when the crew will leave for New London is uncertain, but they will go just as soon as possible...
...most of the class races of the last few years, the college was treated to surprises of the most unexpected kind. Rowing experts who had watched the crews carefully and placed their money accordingly, went home sadly disappointed, and with far less faith in their judgment in such uncertain events as those of the class races. Most of the orders with Ninety-five second were considered worthless and few had the confidence to name Ninety-four a winner. The favorite crew was, by all means, Ninety-three, though the seniors were for the most part loyal to their colors...