Word: boated
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...third annual American Henley Regatta, held Saturday afternoon on the Charles river, the Freshmen won from the University of Pennsylvania freshmen, the West Philadelphia Boat Club, and the Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia in the race for second eight-oared shells. Although the Freshman crew was not closely pushed during the race, its time, 6 minutes and 40 seconds, was three seconds faster than that of the Yale freshmen, who were defeated by the Cornell second crew in a later event by several lengths. The Freshmen broke the record time for a college crew over the course. This was lowered...
...Harvard-Cornell boat race Saturday afternoon on the Charles river Cornell easily defeated the Harvard eight by six and a half lengths in the time of 10 minutes and 9 1-5s. Notwithstanding the evident superiority of the Cornell crew, Harvard's defeat was due to poor rowing. The men disregarded not only the stroke which they have been taught for the last two months, but even the elementary points of rowing...
...clock. The weather conditions were fair. The tide was high and there was little current. A head wind, which at times increased to a squall, was blowing from the Boston side of the river. The crews rowed over the mile and seven-eighths course from the Union Boat Club to the Longwood bridge...
Leeds Burchard '06, of Boston, bow, prepared for College at Stone's School, where he rowed bow in the school boat in 1902. In his Freshman year he rowed at seven on his class crew. Age, 22; height, 5 ft. 10 in.; weight, 162 pounds...
Yesterday afternoon, as its final practice before the race with Cornell this afternoon, the University crew rowed an easy stretch upstream from the Newell boathouse. The boat had plenty of life and drive and went well between strokes. With the exception of Pleasonton, whose work was at times rather crude, the men rowed in good form...