Word: crescent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...point a little beyond the Crescent Boat Club's float, the seniors were nearly a length to the good, the sophomores next, the freshmen some three lengths to the rear, and the juniors behind still further. The stroke at this time was '85, 42; '87, 42; '88, 40; '86, 42. This order was not greatly altered at the sluice-way. When the leading crews reached Exeter Street, the sophomores had drawn up on the seniors, and from this point on, they gradually increased their lead. From Exeter Street to the finish, the race between '85 and '87 was a magnificent...
...fast time. In the start at the Brookline bridge, eighty-six, by rowing a very fast stroke, man aged to lead the university crew for a short time. Gradually, however, the superior skill and muscle of the latter crew brought it to the front. When the crews passed the Crescent boathouse, about one-half mile down the course, where the senior crew was watching the race, the university crew had an easy lead of about two lengths. By rowing a longer and better finished stroke than the juniors, they increased the lead to some three or four lengths...
...they stood at first, the distance between the stringers of the bridge and the surface of the river at high water, would have been insufficient to afford head-room to a crew passing underneath. Luckily for our crews this fact was noticed by the presidents of the Union and Crescent boat clubs, and also by a Boston alderman of aquatic propensities. The latter gentleman was impressed with the conviction that the Fourth of July regatta was more importance than any mere bridge, and, backed by the two presidents above mentioned, he succeeded in securing such a modification of the plans...
...Crescent boat-house, '84 was pulling 38; '85, 37; '86, 34; '87, 40. At the pump, '84 had dropped to 35; '85, 36; '86, 32; '87, 36. Opposite the hotel Vendome, '84 was still pulling...
...Crescent Boat Club, an amateur organization of Boston, Mass., has applied for membership in the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen. The boat-house will be located on the banks of the Charles River. Several single-scull shells have been ordered of Wm. Blakey...