Word: crews
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...changes have been made of late in the arrangements of the 'varsity crew. Three more men have gone into regular training-Alexander, L. S., Clark, '91, and Perkins, '89-making the number now at work fifteen. The tank fills the expectations of the management, although there are still some drawbacks in its working. The lowering of the water from twenty-eight to twenty inches has proved a slight improvement, but the crew are unable as yet to pull more than twenty strokes a minute without over-exertion. The difficulty might, perhaps, be obviated were the men supplied with oars especially...
Hereafter the class crews will row in the tank on the following days: '89, Wednesdays; '90, Fridays; '91, Mondays; '92, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The university crew rows every day at four o'clock...
...especially requested that every one who visits the tank while it is occupied by any crew be careful to remain behind the rope and to abstain from talking or otherwise annoying the men who are at work...
Tuesday afternoon all the candidates for the various crews rowed in the tank under the inspection of Captain Herrick. The following men constituted a second crew: '92, Kidder, Goddard. Porter and Travis; '89, Marvin and Barthelow; '90, Pulsifer and Chamberlain; '91, Goldthwaite...
...February number of Outing, which has just appeared, is Part II of "American College Athletics." R. M. Hurd is the contributor, and has written about Yale University. After a brief general history of early athletics at Yale, he takes up in detail the records of the elevens, the crews, the nines, and the track athletes, since 1876, and the lawn tennis players since 1883. The illustrations include full-page photographs of the champion crew and nine of '88 and the '87 eleven. There are also some interesting instantaneous photographs of hurdle jumping and pole vaulting. "A Russian Wolf Hunt...