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Immediately after the Freshmen the 'Varsity take possession of the machines. Captain Bancroft has set Captain North the example of having two eights at work. By keeping so many men in training, an opportunity for regular exercise is given to those who desire it, and a sufficient supply of good oarsmen is insured to form a crew, should one be desired, which can pull with the 'Varsity. There is no regular coach for the men now; Mr. Bancroft himself gives to their work the necessary oversight. They are doing a steady, moderate amount of work, which will, of course...
...WILLIAM AMOS BANCROFT, Cambridge...
...Captain Bancroft said that he had had an interview with Captain Thompson, in which the four charges that Captain Thompson was said to have made against the referee were disposed of as follows: Captain Thompson denied that he had charged the referee with coaching the Harvard crew before the race. Captain Bancroft explained that the referee had not only so changed a buoy as to indicate a bed of weeds in Harvard's course, for which Captain Thompson had accused the referee of unfairness, but that he had also removed a snag from Yale's course. Captain Thompson admitted that...
...Captain Bancroft said that there was therefore now no reason why we should not row Yale. He moved that Yale's challenge be accepted, and that the race be rowed at New London. This motion was carried unanimously. The date of the race will be decided later. It will probably be about the last Friday in June...
...Captain Bancroft said that, as a member of the crew, he should enjoy rowing two races, since it offered a greater reward for the hardships of training, and since the first race was good discipline for the second. He was, however, undecided as to the advisability of entering into a series of races with any college besides Yale. At all hazards, the Yale race should be kept independent of all others and above all others...