Word: coxswain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Newell crew won the junior eight-oar race. At the bridge the Weld crew was about half a length behind the Newell, with the interscholastic crew third and Millstream fourth. The Newell then drew away and the schoolboys caught up with the Weld. Here the Weld coxswain fouled the interscholastic crew, and 7 in the Weld boat broke his oar and jumped overboard. The interscholastic crew crossed the line two lengths behind the Newell. The orders of the winning Harvard crews were as follows...
...junior race was very close and exciting. The Weld boat led to the bridge but from there to the finish the race was very even, and had it not been for the bad steering of the coxswain the Weld crew would have won. As it was, although stroke and bow slipped their slides just before the finish, the Newell crew won out by 3 feet...
Stroke, M. R. Brownell '02; 7, C. W. Morris '02; 6, D. Gregg '02; 5, R. D. Swaim '01; 4, E. E. Smith '02; 3, W. G. Merritt '02; 2, S. Cunningham '01; bow, H. C. Hawkins '01; coxswain, E. W. C. Jackson...
...spite of the rough water the men kept their boat on an even keel throughout and after the first quarter of a mile the crew rowed together splendidly. The first Newell crew did not row at all well together and only kept their place by repeated spurts. The coxswain of the third Weld steered a remarkable course for the first mile which lost his crew at least two lengths. During the last mile the second Newell and third Weld had a hard fight for third place. The Weld finally won although the stroke caught a crab a short distance from...
...interclub class races rowed yesterday afternoon the Newell won the 1903, 1902 and 1901 races and the Weld won the Law School race. The weather conditions were not very favorable and the times of all the races were slow. In the race of the Junior crews the Newell coxswain allowed his boat to drift into the Weld course, causing a foul. As this foul, however, did not affect the result, the referee gave the race to the Newell crew. This decision may be protested by the Weld crew and if the protest is sustained, both crews will enter the class...