Word: backed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...CREW QUARTERS, RED TOP, CT., June 11, 1907-Today the University crew had the hardest work of the season. This morning the crew went down over the first half-mile of the course at thirty strokes to the minute, and then continued downstream another mile and a half and back at easy stretches. The river was rough and much water was shipped. In the afternoon the men rowed downstream to the railroad bridge in short stretches and returned up the four-mile course without a stop. No time was taken as the stroke was kept slow...
...Freshman crew had light work this morning also. Vogel replaced Buxton at No. 4, as the latter is out of condition, but will probably be back in the boat soon. Coach Gill coxswained the Freshman four-oar. All the men are in good condition, except Buxton and Adams, the Freshman coxswain. R. Kinnicutt '02 accompanied the crew here today as medical adviser, instead of T. J. Manahan '96, who, however, is expected to arrive in another week...
...university eight rowed over the four-mile course, the freshmen racing them for two miles. The conditions were favorable, and a good pace was maintained. As they passed, the "John Harvard" stopped to give the men a chance to see the Yale oarsmen at work. The crew was taken back to quarters in the "Elihu Yale." Both the four-oars did light work, the university boat taking a two-mile...
Glass was back at 6 in the University crew yesterday afternoon, after having been sick for the last two weeks. R. Bacon, was moved from 6 to 4, displacing Lunt, who was put in at stroke in the first four-oar. The crew rowed upstream two miles and back in easy stretches. The boat did not space so well as during the last few days, and the men did not swing on their oars in unison...
...Freshman baseball team will play its last game of the season with the Yale freshmen on the University diamond tomorrow afternoon directly after the finish of the University game with Cornell. Section II., back of the third base, has been reserved as the Freshman cheering section. The cheer leaders will be F. M. De Selding, H. Watson, and M. F. Lacroix. Tickets at $1 each, admitting to both the University and Freshman games, are on sale at the Rendezvous, where subscriptions to help pay for the band at the game will also be received...