Word: boated
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Every man in the University be at the boat house this afternoon at 5 o'clock to cheer the crew before their last row. J. A. BURGESS. C. B. MARSHALL. W. CLARKSON. E. C. RUST...
...University crew was given light practice yesterday afternoon in the new shell built by Davy. The chief fault was in the checking of the boat, which has been apparent for some time and which was due largely to the fact that the men started the body movement and leg drive before the oars were well anchored. In the work yesterday the crew was more or less handicapped by the use of the new shell which is not yet properly rigged. The boat itself rode well in rough water and carried the crew well...
...second crew was sent out and will be taken to New London as a substitute crew and as a pacemaker for the University boat. The advantage of taking a second crew will be to give the substitutes regular practice in an eight instead of in pair-oars as formerly...
...annual meeting for the election of officers will be held at the boat house this afternoon...
...lose the contest, to be sure, but a worse way to win it. This is the real mischief of the business,--not in the act itself, but in the exaggeration and ill-directed utilization. Such occurrences as the explosive demonstrations by yachts aligned upon the last mile of boat races, demonstrations strictly forbidden by the course-regulations, and which render any communications in the boats themselves impossible; or the noisy attempts of crowds to disconcert a player who is essaying a place kick, or to rattle a pitcher at a critical moment, or of players themselves, who imitate the tactics...