Word: crews
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meeting of the dormitory crew captains, last evening, it was decided that the inter-dormitory races should be bumping races, similar to those rowed at Oxford and Cambridge. The advantage of these races is that any number of boats can race, whereas in the regular straight-away races not more than four boats can row abreast. The object of the race is to bump the boat ahead. That boat is then out of the race and the successful crew is eligible to compete in the next race...
...First crew--Stroke, Filley; 7, Newhall; 6, Bacon: 5, Richardson; 4, Emmons; 3, Richards: 2, Tappan; bow, Burchard: cox, Bladgen...
...Second crew--Stroke, Morgan, 7. Amberg; 6, Class: 5, Warren; 4. Fahuestock; 3, Gill: 2, Farley; bow, Wiggins; cox., Whitney...
...crews now rowing from the Weld Boat Club the Hollis-Holworthy crew is doing the best work. This crew is made up of new material, but the men have reported regularly and have rowed together every day. The Westmorly crew has not been on the river for several days. This crew at first did the best work of any, but the men have not been reporting regularly, so that its development has been slow. The Holyoke street crew, although doing fairly well, is handicapped by the failure of the men to report regularly. In this respect the Randolph crew...
...following crews are rowing from the Newell: Claverly, Grays, Thayer (2 crews), Waverly, Fairfax (2 crew), Mt. Auburn street, Perkins-Conant, Dunster-Drayton. The Alsoroweds, a crew made up of men not rowing on one of the dormitory eights has been disbanded and the men distributed among the other crews...