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Another day's easy work for the University crews, yesterday, is a fresh indication of a probable time-row in the near future. The orders remained unchanged. Both eights rowed poorly and with little life. In two stretches of less than a mile each, Ayer's crew finished slightly in the lead...
...university eights took an easy row yesterday, and attention was given rather to form than to speed. The crews took two stretches of a mile each in the lower basin and in both, Ayer's crew had the advantage. Bullard's crew showed the bad results of a second shake-up on account of the loss of Francis, who is threatened with appendicitis. The loss of Francis, following immediately upon Bullard's accident, and the consequent changes have weakened this crew to a considerable extent. Colby replaced Francis at seven, Lloyd took Bullard's regular seat at five and Sanger...
Stroke, Foster; 7, Ayer; 6, Swift; 5, James; 4, Bancroft; 3, Gregg; 2, Smith; bow, Hartwell; cox., Otis...
...stretches of nearly a mile each down stream in the lower basin, Bullard's crew finished slightly in the lead. At the Union Boat Club, Sanger was put in place of Smith at two in Ayer's crew; and in Bullard's crew, Dunbar replaced Lloyd at three, and Cunningham took Phillips's seat at two. On the way back, the two eights took the mile and seven-eighths stretch. At Harvard bridge Bullard's crew had a slight lead, but going somewhat out of the course to keep near the launch, finished over a length behind Ayer's crew...
...brush over the mile and seven-eighths course on Saturday, Ayer's crew held the lead for a mile and a half, but became ragged in the last half mile and finished over a length behind Bullard's crew. Both crews were very unsteady. In a short spurt, just before going into the boat house, both crews ran the stroke up to about 38 and finished even...