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Captain R. L. Bacon '07 this year was moved from 6 in the boat, where he rowed last year and the year before, to number 4. He exchanged seats with Glass when this change was made. His two years on the University crew and a season on the 1907 Freshman eight have developed Bacon into a fairly good oarsman. He pulls hard and as captain has the confidence of all the other men in the boat. At times, however, his form becomes ragged...
...Faulkner '09 at number 3 fills the seat fairly well. His slide control is inferior to the other men in the crew, but he is particularly clean in his blade work. Last year he was captain and 7 on the 1909 Freshman crew...
...Fish '08 holds his seat at number 2 for the second season on account of his strength. He is not at all smooth in his form, getting his hands away from his body at the beginning of the recovery in different time from the rest of the crew. He is very powerful, however, and proves an effective man in the boat. He rowed 2 on the 1908 Freshman crew, and last year and this has rowed the same position in all the races of the University eight...
...Blagden '09, coxswain has had experience of five races on the University crew this year and last as well as one on his Freshman class crew last year in the Beacon Cup Regatta. He trains down fairly light before a race and has the confidence of the entire crew. His steering is not always what it ought to be, but on the whole he is above the average University coxswain...
This year Yale has a very smooth working crew in practice, although not so smooth as the 1906 Yale crew. The men have been together somewhat longer than the Harvard eight as it is at present composed, and are considered a steady and reliable combination. Nevertheless, the Yale boat this year does not seem to have the power behind the oars that is in the Harvard boat. A close race on June 27 is looked for and unless the stroke goes wrong, the Harvard crew ought...