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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Cook '17, H. R. Bechtel; '17, and R. W. Babcock '17. All of the above have already reported except Whitehouse who has been laid up with a bad foot. The University squad is greatly strengthened by additional men from last year's Freshman team, which placed four men ahead of the leading Yale runner a year ago. J. D. Hutchinson, captain of the 1919 track and cross-country teams, has been showing up particularly well. G. H. Tilghman '19 and E. H. Kelton '19 are also promising runners. Other sophomores who add to the strength of the squad include...
...hurt in a scrimmage this week and will be out of the game for over a month. Lynch and Commerford of the and squad are being tutored in the kicking game and to date have shown considerable skill. Even at this stage of the practice they are far ahead of any vansity kicker of Captain Wilson's team. Neville and Legore have made great strides in the drop-kicking department and all during the week have booted the leather over the cross bar at distances anywhere from 20 to 50 yards. This is still another department in which the team...
Breaking the course record by eight seconds and finishing four lengths ahead of the Yale boat, the University crew set once and forever the stamp of success upon Coach Herrick and the system which he stands for. Jumping into an early lead the University oarsmen set the pace the entire distance, gradually lengthening their lead until at the finish line three boat lengths of open water separated the shells. A half length lead at the first mile post was slowly increased until the final mile, when Lund pushed the stroke up a couple of notches and the University boat pulled...
...freshman four oar was also successful, finishing eleven seconds ahead of the Yale youngsters. The only race to go to Yale was the gentlemen's eight, which the Eli graduates captured handily...
...back a very pretty race was held between these boats. The Freshmen rowing four points higher than the seconds soon caught a slight lead and the race was neck and neck until the last drive, when Crew B raised the stroke and finished two lengths ahead of the 1919 men. The second crew is still poor at a low stroke, but much improvement was seen today in this race against a heavy wind and tide...