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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...June 15.--Today for the first time in over a week the first crew was not sent over the four-mile course. This morning's work was light, all the crews taking a short row of half a mile at a high stroke. On account of rough water the crew waited until late tonight before going out, and was then sent only two and one-half miles down stream against a heavy wind. Despite this handicap, good progress was made, and the shell went along smoothly over the choppy water. The men rowed a 28 and a 29 stroke. Coming...
...Yale Yacht Club has declined the challenge of the Harvard Yacht Club for a race between thirty-footers, which was to have been held at Newport after the races at New London, on account of the lateness of the date...
...June 10.--On account of the hard practice of the last few days all the crews were given a rest this morning. In the afternoon the first crew rowed down to the Navy Yard and back to the quarters at a 28 stroke. The work was not as satisfactory as yesterday, lacked smoothness, and at the catch the power was applied too hard and too soon. The four-oar took a long row and is improving rapidly. A change was made in the order of the Freshman eight today. The present order is as follows...
...glad that the CRIMSON finally published direct accusations. Considerable surprise was expressed on all sides that a paper of the CRIMSON'S standard should permit, in the account of a baseball game, such insinuations as appeared in that paper on May 31 in regard to Princeton's action and the decisions of the umpire. We prefer direct accusations--they may be answered...
...support, however, we firmly uphold, and we do not believe that anyone will deny its beneficial effects in encouraging contestants. Cheering with this purpose has in some cases had opposite effects upon the opposing players, especially at periods when excitement runs unusually high: but we cannot on this account refer to cheering as a systematic attempt to berattle opponents. In regard to organized noise-making,' we do not know to what the CRIMSON refers...