Word: crews
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...class crew race will be rowed down stream today, starting at the Longwood Bridge at 10 o'clock, and on next Thursday the men selected for the 'Varsity will be called back to begin work...
...Freshman crew will probably begin training again next Tuesday, and after vacation two Senior crews, an intermediate and a Junior crew will be formed. These crews will row match races with the Riverside Boat Club and the B. A. A. and will enter the Metropolitan regatta on the 17th of June...
...Weld race yesterday afternoon was one of the most disastrous events that has ever occurred on the river, and it was extremely fortunate that there were no fatal results. Three crews sank just after passing the Harvard Bridge, and the other two at the finish line, the Freshman crew being the only one to cross...
...race was started at 10 minutes past six with a rough sea, a steadily increasing northeast wind blowing, and a fine rain falling. '99 caught the water first, but 1900 immediately took the lead, and rowing in splendid form, began to draw away from the other crews. Half way to the bridge they were nearly a length ahead of '98, the second crew, and rowing easily at thirty-two strokes to the minute. '99 was last and 1901 and the Law School eight were just behind the Seniors. This order was maintained through the bridge, though '98 was gaining...
...launch rescued the men from the the sinking boats as fast as it could. It soon got the 1900 crew on board, but as it could not hold so many they had to transfer them to the referee's tug. This took so long that by the time the men were all got on board the tug the Freshman and Law School crews were both out of sight in the dusk...