Word: crews
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meeting of the captains and coxswains of the dormitory crews last evening the plans and regulations governing the races were decided upon. The first preliminary race will be rowed down-stream on Tuesday at 3 o'clock and the second immediately after. The final race will probably be held on Thursday. The order in which the crews will start will not be decided upon until just before the race. The course will be one and one-eighths miles long, and will end at the University Boat Club. Buoys are to be placed in the river 90 feet apart, to mark...
...these races a great deal depends upon the judgment of the coxswains. For their benefit the following regulations were decided upon. The bumping crew must keep to the outside of the bend and the crew bumped must drop out to the inside. The success of the races depends upon the observance of these rules. In order to identify the crews, coxswains will wear large numbers on their backs...
...important change has been made in the University crew. Morgan is being tried at Stroke instead of Filley, who has taken Bacon's place at six. During the past few weeks Morgan has been stroking the second crew. the final orders last week were as follows...
University crew--Stroke, Morgan; 7, Newhall; 6, Filley; 5, Bacon; 4, Glass; 3, Gill; 2, Tappan; bow, Wiggins; cox., Blagden...
...Weld Boat Club the work has not progressed so well. The Westmorly eight has only rowed twice during the past week. At the beginning of the season this crew seemed to be the best, but is now in a very disorganized condition. The Randolph crew has disbanded, owing to lack of material. Some of the men have been distributed among the other crews. The weld, Matthews and two Holyoke crews have all made some improvement, but are still hampered by failure to report regularly. The Holworthy-Hollis crew is continuing to row in excellent form. This crew is composed...