Word: crew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...known power of the first Harvard crew to represent the regime of Head Coach E.J. Brown '96 will undoubtedly lead Coach Leader and Stroke Laughlin of Yale to plan a race very different from the 1925 campaign. Two years ago Yale allowed Harvard to gain an open-water lead, the Elis conserving their strength until the last two miles, when they pulled ahead to win. If Yale gets behind tomorrow, they will find it difficult to catch up. Stroke John Watts '28, once his crew gets the lead, keeps his eye on the rival boat, matches every sprint, and strives...
...regatta will be officially opened this afternoon when the combination crews meet. The Harvard combination outfit has not been at all impressive in practice, but the last minute shift which put E. B. Hanley '27 at stroke improves its chance. Hanley, who rowed 7 on the 150-pound crew, is a splendid oar and has great endurance...
...turgid waters of the Thames tomorrow. Fortunately, from this point of view their number is small, but since it follows quite naturally that the reward is sweet in proportion to the number which shares the same, we pause to commiserate but remain to applaud. You nine men of the crew, all honor...
There are several reasons for the conviction behind this expression of faith in the necessity of things. The first is a far cry even viewed in the all-important light of psychology, and has not particular validity. No Harvard crew, and for that matter no Yale crew either, has even won consecutively for more than six years. Pause then to consider that the lean years have expired and the days of plenty are about to set in. Superstitious souls may take this for what it is worth though it seems hardly worth any very substantial wagers in itself. A second...
...Whether or not Harvard wins tomorrow is of no great import as regards the years to come or even next year, but since only one side can win, and since the winning will bring to both participants and adherents considerably more pleasure than the alternate state,--may the best crew triumph and may our crew be the better crew...