Word: crews
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...floats at the boat houses have been taken up. During the season more men have been on the river than in any previous year, owing to the new system of bumping races, which gave every man an opportunity to row for the sake of the sport. Two University crews have been out every day except Saturday, one Freshman crew, and an average of 15 dormitory eights...
...October 3 about 16 men reported at the University Boat Club and were given light work in sculling under the supervision of Coach Wray and Captain Filley. A temporary first crew was formed, and on the following day a second crew went out. The order of these two crews, however, was at no time fixed, but practice in various combinations was held in order to prove which was most effective. At the beginning of of the year the squad was made up of the following men, the first eight in order rowing on the first crew: Filley, Newhall, Bacon, Richardson...
Owing to the large number of Freshmen rowing on the dormitory crews, only enough men reported to form two crews. One eight rowed in a barge every afternoon, but the work was very rudimentary. In order to develop a strong crew in the spring it will be necessary for more men to report at the first practice on the machines...
...Fall crew work for the university and freshman crews ended last week. This fall Yale has had four university crews and one freshman crew rowing daily since the regatta. The regular spring training will begin shortly after Christmas...
...Sixteen crews in all rowed during the year. The Brattle street crew came out a few days before the race, but Randolph disbanded a couple of weeks before. An average of 15 crews rowed every day. making a total of 120 men for a period of five weeks. Of this number fully one-half were green material and many had never been in a shell before. The average distance rowed every day was four miles. With this small amount of practice the development of the crews is very creditable both to the men and the coaches...