Word: brush
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...October 20 a brush over the upper half-mile course between the dormitory eights was held, the boats finishing in the following order:--Standish, Smith, Gore. After the race, these crews were given boats with sliding seats. The next day all the crews were given their first experience on the water and by the twenty-third the coaches had a good idea of all those who were rowing and had them all graded on suitable crews...
...races were all fairly close, but the brush between 1923 B and 1922 B and the struggle between the Smith and Standish crews were particularly interesting. 1923 B managed to nose out its rival by a quarter of a length, while Smith just edged over the line inches in front of Smith in 6 minutes and 1 second, the fastest time of the day. Neither 1923 A or 1923 C reported in time for the race, though the former turned out to pace University A for a mile. The 1922 eight easily took the race for first class crews, defeating...
...only outside race of the week has been a very informal brush between the Technology Sophomore crew and a mixed crew made up from the 1923 A and B boats. The Engineers had little difficulty in pulling away from the Sophomore combination, which had never rowed together before and as a result failed to exhibit any signs of first class watermanship...
This morning all three crews went for a practice row down-stream where special attention was given to practice in starts. On the three-mile stretch back to the boathouse, a short brush was held between the 1923 eight and the second crew, in which the Freshmen were victors by about a length and a half...
...time having the crew practice starts, ending up by a brisk row over a two-mile stretch, for which no time was taken. In the afternoon the three crews went for a six-mile row down stream, going at an easy pace. On the way back, in a short brush, the University boat led the Freshman and Second shells by a scant length...