Word: basins
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...training here in comparatively smooth water is beginning to tell. The stroke is gaining in ease and power since the men are free of the swash caused by the walls of the Basin...
...Cornell crews defeated the University and Freshman crews in two close and hard-fought races in the Basin yesterday afternoon. After being held in the boathouses for two hours by a heavy wind, the university crews started at about quarter of seven o'clock. Harvard had the better of the start, and quickly opened a three-quarter length lead; then when the stroke settled to 40 a minute for Harvard and 36 for Cornell, the University crew held its advantage as far as the Harvard Bridge. There Cornell had begun to creep up and soon passed Harvard, although still rowing...
...start, although not so much as in the university race. The Cornell freshmen, however, soon overcame this lead, and down to the bridge the crews were neck and neck, Cornell rowing 32 strokes a minute and Harvard 36. Again Cornell drew away in the lower half of the Basin, finishing a length and three-quarters in the lead in 9 minutes, 56 seconds. The Harvard Freshmen finished in 10 minutes and 1 second...
This afternoon the University crews will race Cornell over the mile and seven-eighths course in the Basin at 4.30 o'clock. Immediately following the University race the Freshman crew will row against Cornell 1917 over the same course, starting at the Cottage Farm Bridge and finishing opposite the Union Boat House. Arrangements have been made to signal the results of the races from the finish to the Harvard Bridge, where they will be announced...
Tomorrow afternoon the Freshman four-oar will race Exeter over a 3-4 mile course in the Basin. The order is: Stroke, Culbert; 3, A. Coolidge; 2, Chadwick: bow, Eaton; cox., Henderson...