Word: crews
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Henry Adams '98, substitute, comes fromLincoln, Mass. He prepared at Groton School. Since entering college he has rowed on his class crew. He was a substitute on the '96 'Varsity crew. Age 23, height 5 ft. 6 in., weight 154 pounds...
Robert Fulton Blake '99, substitute, prepared at the Boston Latin and English High and Latin Schools. He rowed on his Sophomore crew and on the Weld Senior crew, and up to within a week ago was rowing 2 on the 'Varsity, when illness compelled him to leave the boat. Age 22, height 6 ft., weight 156 pounds...
...intercollegiate boat race in which Harvard, Yale and Cornell are represented, will be rowed this afternoon at 2 o'clock over the four mile course on the Thames. Like the race of last year the outcome of today's contest is pretty generally conceded to one crew. In the opinion of most rowing experts Cornell will have no difficulty in securing the victory today. The futility of prophesying the result of a boat race has been many times proven and any certitude with regard to the race this afternoon is impossible. Other things being equal, however, Cornell should win today...
This feeling is the same among Yale men regarding their crew. While the Yale crew remained at New Haven, the general opinion was that nothing could defeat them, but they have not gone ahead much since reaching New London. They are an exceptionally heavy lot, but unlike most heavy crews have plenty of snap and life. They average 170 pounds apiece and in four miles heavy crews are apt to suffer more than lighter ones. They have given no exceptional exhibition of ability so far as time is concerned, but they are perfectly together and perfect in form. Between Yale...
...Harvard crew will row in the following order: Stroke, F. Dobyns; 7, N. Biddle; 6, J. H. Perkins; 5, C. L. Harding; 4, F. L. Higginson; 3, Eliot Wadsworth; 2, J. D. Kernan; bow, G. S. Derby; cox., G. P. Orton...