Word: crews
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...crews will line up for the start 90 feet apart, and the starting positions will be indicated by buoys, placed in the river at the proper interval. Number one in each division will be farthest away from the bridge. A series of three shots will be fired for a starting signal. Between the first and the second shot there will be two minutes, between the second and third, one minute. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore and bumps will be signalled, either through a megaphone or by a pistol...
...important that the coxswains study the chart of the river and observe the rules decided on by the executive committee. All bumps must be made on the outside. Each crew must keep to the inside course in rounding a curve to give the crew behind a chance to bump. A crew that disregards this rule will be considered bumped. In order to identify the crews, the coxswains will wear large numbers on their backs, indicating the positions at which they started...
...must report at the boathouses, dressed to row, promptly at 3.30 o'clock. Captain Bacon will start the first division promptly at 3.45 o'clock, and any crew not at its buoy at that time will be considered out of the race...
Practically the same rules will be enforced this year as last. Members of the University squad, who will be posted along the bank, will act as judges, and will fire a pistol when a bump is made. When one crew bumps another, both crews will pull out to the side as quickly as possible. These rules are subject to change...
...practice of the dormitory crews during the past week has been very satisfactory. Great improvement has been made in blade work and the men are slowly overcoming the tendency to rush their slides. Second crews have been formed by the dormitories, in which enough men could be found, and these will be kept up as long as the interest lasts. Thirteen crews have been rowing from the Newell Boat Club and twelve from the Weld. At present the Randolph and Westmorly first crews are showing the best form. In a race between these crews yesterday over the regular course...