Word: crews
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University crew yesterday afternoon started on a practice four-mile pull, but were swamped after rowing a little over three miles. A strong westerly wind was blowing at four o'clock, but after the launch had been sent down river to make arrangements for having all the bridges raised promptly on a signal from the whistle, it was decided to row in spite of the adverse conditions. The crew paddled up to a point just below the Weld Boat Club house and were started by Mr. Lehmann. They were boated in the following order: Stroke, J. F. Perkins; 7, Goodrich...
...crew will go to a training table at Mrs. Lappin's by Wednesday of next week. Probably, however, the second crew will be kept at work for some time longer. McDuffie has now returned and is back in his old place at 7. The crew is rowing fairly well on the easy stretches, but they show a tendency to shorten when they begin to row harder. The order of the first crew has been: Stroke, Marvin; 7, McDuffie; 6, Swift; 5, Whitbeck, Adams; 4, Donald; 3, Farley; 2, Richardson; bow, Dibblee...
Since the arrival of Mr. Lehmann the crew has been working very hard, rowing fast stretches every afternoon, though they have not as yet gone over a mile and a half when they were rowing their hardest. Yesterday afternoon they rowed a five minute stretch, but did not stay out quite as long as usual owing to the fact that today they will go over a four mile course on time...
This afternoon the crew will start from the Union boat-house about 4.20 and row four miles up stream, finishing a little above the University boat-house. This is somewhat earlier than the crew has usually begun four mile time rows but the Yale crew has been rowing four mile stretches for nearly two weeks. Mr. Lehmann's especial object in having this trial is to see how the crew will hold together under the strain of such a test...
...make-up of the crew will be as follows: Stroke, J. F. Perkins; 7, Goodrich; 6, Thomson; 5, J. H. Perkins; 4, Sprague; 3, Hollister; 2, Moulton; bow, Wrightington...