Word: crews
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University and Freshman crew squads were called out for spring rowing soon after the mid-year examinations, and since then the squads have been gradually cut down, until the combinations have at last been selected. This year all the Harvard crews have struggled against unusual difficulties in the way of sickness and continued cold weather. The ice was later than usual in leaving the Charles, and even after it finally went, the late winter made rowing decidedly uncomfortable. In regard to sickness, Captain Bacon is the only man that has been in the boat since the season started. Richardson...
...University boat the biggest problem this year was the selection of a stroke. E. Farley '07 has at last been decided on as the best man available for the position. He stroked his 1907 Freshman class crew, rowed on the victorious four-oared crew in 1905, and stroked the University eight this year against Cornell. In this last race he rowed very well. He showed good generalship and pulled hard all the way. Furthermore, the men have become accustomed to his rhythm and can follow him with regularity. Nevertheless he is none too sure of himself, for he has shown...
Behind Farley rows J. Richardson, Jr., '08, the most reliable man in the boat. He occupies a very important position and fills it well. He rowed number 5 on the 1908 Freshman crew and last year occupied the corresponding position in the University shell. After Severance, Faulkner, and several other men had been tried out for number 7 this year, Coach Wray decided to move Richardson down the boat. He has demonstrated his ability to pass the beat up the boat at a fast as well as at a slow stroke, and on account of his exceptional endurance...
...Glass '08, who was moved from number 4 to 6, is the heaviest and tallest man in the boat. He was a candidate for the 1908 Freshman crew, but was taken sick and unable to row in the spring of 1905. Last year he rowed 4 in the Cornell and Yale races; but he contracted water on the knee in England last summer and was unable to take part in the race against Cambridge. He pulls a very powerful oar and has mastered the Wray stroke Glass is a very reliable man and is especially valuable on account...
...fifth thwart is occupied this year by W. R. Severance '09. Last year Severance rowed in the same position in the 1909 Freshman crew. He is a fairly smooth car, but has to be handled with care before any race because of his tendency to overtrain. He was unable to row against Columbia this year on account of poor condition, but in the Cornell race he kept well in unison with the rest of the crew, and pulled a strong and steady...