Word: captains
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard crews again rowed at different times this afternoon, Captain Bullard going out in the Freshman boat in the dual capacity of coach and coxswain. Afterwards he rowed with the 'Varsity Crew in their new cedar shell. The outriggers had been re-adjusted during the day and the boat gave much better satisfaction than it did this forenoon...
...work of both the 'Varsity and Freshman crews consists in two regular rows, in which Mr. Mumford coaches in person, and throughout the day pair-oar work under the joint supervision of Mr. Mumford and Captain Bullard is done. Particular points may be explained in this fashion to better satisfaction. The two pair shells are without coxswain's seats, and the bow man does the steering. The afternoon rows are always the harder, and bed time comes at 9.30 o'clock...
...boathouse, which was only just long enough for the shells, has been lengthened. The climb from the boathouse to the quarters is a hard one, but it is doing the men good. Captain Bullard insists that it shall be done at a brisk pace, and the wind of the 'Varsity is improving daily...
...make-up of the Yale crew has been finally decided on as follows: Stroke, T. D. Hewett, Brooklyn; No. 7, W. S. Griswold (captain), Erie, Pa.; No. 6, Nelson Howard, New Haven; No. 5, H. Parkhurst, Hartford; No. 4, K. W. Slocovitch, Brooklyn; No. 3, A. F. Way, Westfield, Mass.; No. 2, T. Wright, Buffalo; bow, W. K. Sturges, Providence; coxswrin, L. F. Greene, Albion...
...fastened to the tongue of the omnibus and the fellows took hold of it, leading the way through Boylston, Arlington and Beacon streets. At the Boston end of the Harvard Bridge the procession stopped, the Nine taking the street cars for Cambridge to get out in time for examinations. Captain Dean made a fitting speech. Most of the men, headed by the band, marched back to Cambridge...