Word: backed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...presented to the Board of Overseers at its stated meeting of April 11, be returned to the committee with instructions that they confer with the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports, and call their attention to the vote of the Board of Overseers of January 10, and report back to the Board at an early date...
...three eights and a four-oar yesterday afternoon rowed upstream to the Brighton bridge and back in short stretches, and in spite of the stiff breeze blowing across the river and the choppy water, the men pulled more easily together than hitherto...
...rows have been taken, usually down-stream into the basin and often as far as Harvard bridge. Owing to the roughness of the water yesterday the Seniors went down-stream only as far as the gas works and the Juniors and Sophomores up-stream to the Brighton bridge and back. The body swing of the Senior and Sophomore crews has decidedly improved and the blade work is clean. The work of the Junior crew, however, has been seriously retarded by irregularity of the men in reporting. The blade work is poor and the men frequently catch crabs. There are almost...
...Freshman crew has shown all-around improvement during the past week in spite of another shift in the order. Ellis has been put back at stroke in the first boat, where he rowed at the beginning of the season, Kennard is rowing at 5 again and Maloon at 3, where he was rowing earlier in the year. Galatti has been taking Wise's place at coxswain for the last few days. The crews have usually rowed down-stream into the basin, but yesterday went upstream to the Brighton bridge in short stretches. If the weather is fine this afternoon...
...orders of the Freshman crews. Rackemann, Hanfstaengl and Ellis have been moved to 5, 3 and 2, respectively, in the first eight. Last Friday the three eight-oar crews and the four-oar rowed up-stream from the University boathouse as far as the Brighton bridge and back. The first crew showed marked improvement over their recent ragged work, and in a brush of about half a mile with the second crew gained almost a boat's length. Williams at stroke and Faulkner at number 7 showed a strong tendency to shorten their stroke at the finish, and Rackemann...