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...shell. Their work was at first confined to paddling in fours, but yesterday they rowed all eight and were quite steady in their light ship. The Freshman crew have been coached especially to slow their alides and get a good hard catch. Nearly all of the men clip badly and meet their oars, but they do get a strong heave together and control their slides better than most of the crews on the river. Some changes were made in the order of the crew which is at present boated in this order...
...settles at the finish and meets his oars. Nichols (captain), 4, slow on recover and tends to meet his oar. Morrill, 3, rolls his head. Stafford, 2, does not get enough body reach and is slow on the recovery. Knoblauch, bow, hangs at full reach and tends to clip...
...full reach. McBurney (captain) 4, rolls his head, but rows long and smoothly. Butler, 3, rows around his oar and his time is poor. Richards, 2, is very short on body reach and slow on the recover. Robinson, bow, forgets to bevel his oar sufficiently and tends to clip...
...stroke. On the whole, barring further accidents, the crew should make a strong bid for a front place on race day. Conroy who has replaced Holden at stroke, tends to bury his oar too deep and is slow on the catch. Dinsmore, 7, has a tendency to clip and is weak on blade work. Davis (captain), 6, does not swing over the keel, rows around his oar, and rolls his head. Coleman, 5, buries his oar too deep. Stoddard, 5, is late in getting his leg drive on. His body work is good. Bigelow, 3, has a tendency to catch...
Durham, stroke, is short on his body reach. Kernan, 7, and Fitzgerald, 6, tend to clip. Pierce (captain) 5, does not feather his oar enough. Emery, 4, rushes his slide. Sherburne, 3, tends to row short and to clip, as does Morrill at 2. Bedford, at bow, lacks life and tends to shorten...