Word: captian
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...seventeen minutes past three, Captian Richardson fired the starting gun from the bow of the John Harvard. Each crew caught the water at the same time; the second boat held the Boston side of the river, the fourth the Cambridge side, with the third between. J. Cutler, stroking the third, at once brought his crew into the lead by a few yards, and the fourth dropped back behind the second by about the same distance; each crew was rowing 30 strokes to the minute. In this same relative position the first two crews swept under the Harvard Bridge...
Entries of teams must give the name of the team, name of captian, and names of at least twelve bona fide players. No one can play on or have his name entered for, more than one team in the season. Entries of old teams must specify which men played on last year's team. Individuals not belonging to any team, but wishing to play, may enter their names and the positions they wish to play. From these names the committee will make up one or more additional teams...