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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Today, beginning with lunch at 1 o'clock, the University crew training table will start at the Varsity Club. Only the members of the University eight, together with Coach Wray, will be taken on at first, but it is expected that a few more men with the managers will be added after the race at the end of this week. The men who will go to the training table today are: Bacon, E. Cutler, R. Cutler, Faulkner, Lunt, Sargent, Waid, and Withington...
During the past week considerable progress has been made in class rowing, the orders of the crews gradually becoming more settled and the work assuming a more serious aspect throughout. Coach Brown has had charge of the Senior and Junior crews and Coach Stevenson of the Sophomores...
...work of the Senior and Junior crews has consisted of short paddles down-stream under the supervision of Coach Brown from the coxswain's seat or a single. The Sophomores, have been taking much longer rows, coached by Stevenson from the launch. So far the Junior crew has shown by far the best form, having several men of experience in the boat. The Sophomores have also been improving rapidly. The Senior crew has suffered much from lack of material, and consequently is at present rowing poorly. The weather so far has been favorable for so early in the season...
During the early part of this week the launches, John Harvard and Veritas, were put into commission, thus enabling Coach Wray to get a better insight into the work of the men when rowing in long stretches. On Monday and Tuesday the work of the University crew was rather poor, but since Wednesday, there has been a decided brace, the men getting nearer the clean, hard catch, and long finish, which Coach Wray has emphasized so much. Sargent at stroke, is rapidly regaining his rhythm...
...Coach Wray has been re-engaged on a five years' contract to coach "whatever crew the captain of the University crew shall at any time designate,"--the condition of his original engagement. Though the saving clause is thus retained the real meaning is obvious: Coach Wray's regime has been a success and is to be prolonged. Members of the University who have watched his methods know that he has established a system and inspired a confidence beyond anything the old plan of graduate coaching with perennial changes and reiterated mistakes could hope for. We welcome his continuance...