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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Although the University and Freshman crew squads returned to Cambridge from Ithaca early last Tuesday morning, all the men were given a rest and rowing was not resumed again until Thursday. The work for the rest of the week was very light however, as both crews were still rather tired from the strain of the races with Cornell. On Thursday the University crew was not able to get in much practice as No. 4's outrigger was broken by a floating log early in the afternoon and the crew was forced to return to the boathouse. On Friday the eight...
Last Wednesday the two University four-oar crews rowed a race over the mile and seven-eights course in the basin. Crew A, which was captained by Severance at No. 3, won by about eight lengths in fast time. It seems to be a well-developed and smooth four-oar for so early in the season. After the race Crew B was re-organized, P. Withington, Hooper, and Tabor replacing Richards, Smith, and Ellis at No. 3, No. 2 and bow respectively. The two crews will probably race again either today or tomorrow. This year it has been planned...
...University crew begins final training this afternoon for the race with Yale, which will be rowed on the Thames just four weeks from today. It is no use denying that the defeat by Cornell was a keen disappointment to every undergraduate, made especially so by a firm belief that the crew was absolutely unbeatable, but in spite of this set-back, the chances for victory on July 1 are still apparently bright. The University crew seems to be essentially a four-mile combination, lacking the ability to sprint which wins the shorter race, and its strength and staying power...
University fours: Crew A--Stroke, Waite; 3, Severance; 2, Forster; bow, Whitney; cox., King. Crew B--Stroke, Richardson; 3, Richards; 2, Smith; bow, Ellis; cox., Fales...
Freshman fours: Crew A--Stroke, Trumbull; 3, Anderson, Hoar; 2, Amory, Howell; bow, Howell, Anderson; cox., Kempton. Crew B--Stroke, Barnes, Parker; 3, Holt; 2, Smith, Amory; bow, Peabody, Smith; cox., Smart...