Word: americanisms
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...University four-oar and Freshman eight, which will compete in the American Henley on Saturday, will leave Boston at 7.45 o'clock this evening, accompanied by Coaches Bowditch and Vail and W.F. Emerson '06, on the Federal express to Philadelphia. The crews will stay at the Aldine Hotel, where the track team is also quartered, and will be given the privileges of the Philadelphia Barge Club. On Saturday evening they will be entertained by the Harvard Club of Philadelphia, and the next morning will return to Cambridge...
...order on the eve of its departure for Philadelphia, in order to distribute the weight of the boat more evenly. Despard and Boyer were both tried yesterday at two instead of Ball, who although a strong oar, weighs only 153 pounds. Despard will row in this position in the American Henley on Saturday...
...made Saturday. Farley was tried at bow in place of Lilly and Gill, who rowed in that position Thursday and Friday, respectively. The work of the crew Saturday was satisfactory, and it is very likely that this will be the order of the crew which will compete in the American Henley next Saturday. Owing to the new system of having the bow man steer, it has been necessary for the men to shift sides in the boat, so that the man at stroke now rows from the starboard side. There have been no changes since Thursday in the order...
...class crew championship for the Beacon Cup will be rowed at 3 o'clock this afternoon downstream over the mile and seven-eighths course, commencing at the Longwood Bridge and finishing at the Union Boat Club. The winning crew will enter the American Henley in Philadelphia on May 27. Captain Filley will start the crews and act as referee. The other officials have not yet been appointed...
...orders of the two four-oar crews which were taken out were still provisional. The crews went out without a coxswain, the bow man steering with his fool as the four-oars will row in this way in the American Henley on May 27. Corlett stroked both crews, but the three bow men were different in each case. The second combination, with Bacon, Meier and Lilly seemed the stronger...