Word: crew
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard Club of Boston gave a dinner last evening at the Hotel Somerset in honor of the University crew of 1909, to which the Freshman eight and four, and the Gentlemen's eight were also invited. About 350 members of the club were present. At the raised table were seated Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, president of the club, William Stickney Hall '09, toastmaster, James Freeman Curtiss '99, and Justice William Caleb Loring '72. At the left were seated the University eight and four, and, opposite on the right, the Freshman eight and four. Directly in front of the speakers...
...finished in good condition but were very tired. Stroke Cutler, after the University eight had hit the launch, drove his crew hard and was well backed up, especially by the three men directly behind him, the stern four doing the best work throughout the race. The second crew made a splendid fight in the last three quarters of a mile and was well stroked by Forster. It was not till after hitting the launch that the University crew showed any sort of form and power, but the work of the eight in this last half of the race offset...
University crew--Stroke, Cutler; 7, Waid; 6, Nowton; 5, Bacon; 4, Strong; 3, Metcalf; 2, Leslie; bow, Sargent; cox., King...
...Second crew--Stroke, Forster; 7, Hooper; 6, Higginson; 5, Maxwell; 4, Waite; 3, Loring; 2, Parker; Bow, Anderson; cox., Voorhees...
...Third crew--Stroke, Wiggins; 7, Coe; 6, Peabody; 5, Beane; 4, Cudahy; 3, Hoar; 2, Richardson; bow, Shillito; cox., Kempton