Word: bacon
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Captain R. L. Bacon '07 this year was moved from 6 in the boat, where he rowed last year and the year before, to number 4. He exchanged seats with Glass when this change was made. His two years on the University crew and a season on the 1907 Freshman eight have developed Bacon into a fairly good oarsman. He pulls hard and as captain has the confidence of all the other men in the boat. At times, however, his form becomes ragged...
Harvard's Freshman crew is expected to win the first race of the day in the Regatta. The crew has been rowing well since a week before the men left Cambridge. Bacon at stroke is a reliable man and can row a fairly fast clip when necessary. Moreover, the Harvard Freshmen are a heavier and a smoother rewing crew than the Yale 1910 boat. They are not as strong as either the 1908 or the 1909 Freshman crews, but row together excellently...
University eight--Stroke, Farley; 7, Richardson; 6, Glass; 5, Severance; 4, R. L. Bacon; 3, Faulkner; 2, Fish; bow, Tappan; cox., Blagden...
University Four--Stroke, G. G. Bacon; 3, Burchard; 2, Swaim; haw, Wiggins; cox., Arnold...
Harvard Freshman eight--Stroke, E. C. Bacon; 7, Marvin; 6, Waid; 5, Wyman; 4, Buxton; 3, Colt; 2, Sargent; bow, Morgan; cox., Adams...