Word: autumn
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...autumn of '96 this growing interest was greatly increased by the arrival of Mr. Lehmann. Mr. Lehmann had been for several years the coach of the Oxford University Crew, had been very successful, and was considered to be the best coach for eights in England, the home of good rowing. He came at the request of Captain Goodrich of the University crew, and with the approval of the Athletic Committee and the leading graduates interested in rowing, to help the Harvard crew out of the rut into which it had fallen. He was a man of great natural enthusiasm...
...greatly increased amount of general rowing and the improvement in the average standard of skill that the greatest change can be noted. That there has been an advance here no one will doubt who has been down to the river and followed the crews. Even this autumn, in the height of the football season, there were from twelve to fifteen crews out daily, while last spring there were twice that number, many of them being able to swing along at a very good pace...
...covered by the agreement with Yale mark what has probably been the most important period in Harvard's rowing history. Previous to 1897 a number of different methods and systems had been followed, and the result as everybody well knows, was far from satisfactory. At the beginning of the autumn of 1896 Mr. R. C. Lehmann was invited to come to America and supervise the coaching of Harvard rowing. This he kindly and generously consented to do. On his arrival he set to work to change the style, so that it should conform to what was generally considered best...
...training of the University crew in '97 was an exception to that of previous years. The schedule consisted of about two months' work in pairs and eights in the autumn. After Christmas the candidates were called out and worked daily until the race; that is, such of them as were able to show their superiority. The class crews did much the same, excepting that they did nothing in the autumn, and after the class race in the spring they stopped. This was the first year that the Weld Boat Club really came into prominence. It profited immensely...
Immediately after the race Mr. Lehmann again offered his services, and came back the next autumn. The autumn rowing in 1897 was made considerably more important and interesting than it had been formerly. Rowing began in four-oared shells, which raced at the end of October. Candidates were then picked for two trial eights, which raced a month later. After this a provisional University crew was picked from the best men and practiced for another two weeks...