Word: crews
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...members of last year's University crew will be given a complimentary dinner at the Hotel Somerset, Boston, on November 22, where it is intended that every man, now alive, who has ever rowed on a University crew, will be present. President Eliot, Professor Alexander Agassiz '55, A. G. Hodges '74, R. F. Herrick '90, F. L. Higginson, Jr., '00, O. D. Filley '06 and R. L. Bacon '07 will speak. J. J. Storrow '85 will preside...
Forty-three men reported yesterday afternoon for the Freshman crew squad and were put to work on the machines for a twenty-minute period under Coach Wray's supervision. The work this fall will consist chiefly of practice on the machines, but if the mild weather continues one or two boats may later on be sent out on the river. All the Freshmen who have been acting as coxswains in the bumping races will report for the present with the graded crew squad...
Only three of the graded crews were on the river yesterday--two from the Weld boathouse and one from the Newell. If enough men report today, four crews will be formed at each boathouse and will row regularly at 3.30 o'clock. November 16 has been provisionally named as the date of the races. The development of the crews will largely determine the exact date. Captain Bacon has placed R. H. Wiswall '07 and G. W. Bailey '07 in charge of the graded crew work at the Newell and Weld boat clubs respectively...
After a rest of three days the University crew squad resumed work yesterday. The orders of the two crews were as follows: First crew--stroke, Farley; 7, Amberg; 6, Bacon; 5, Emmons; 4, Corbett; 3, Richards; 2, Ball; bow, Wiggins. Second crew--Stroke, Reece; 7, Faulkner; 6, Lunt; 5, Severance; 4, Mulligan; 3, Rackemann; 2, Crandall; bow, Ellis. In spite of the cold weather the work was the best of the year...
...brush over a three-quarter mile straightaway course, the second crew, using a common start, gained a half length on the first crew, which used a racing start...