Word: crews
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...third annual American Henley Regatta, held Saturday afternoon on the Charles river, the Freshmen won from the University of Pennsylvania freshmen, the West Philadelphia Boat Club, and the Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia in the race for second eight-oared shells. Although the Freshman crew was not closely pushed during the race, its time, 6 minutes and 40 seconds, was three seconds faster than that of the Yale freshmen, who were defeated by the Cornell second crew in a later event by several lengths. The Freshmen broke the record time for a college crew over the course. This was lowered...
...race for four-oared shells the University crew was easily defeated by about four lengths by the Philadelphia Barge Club, the time being 7 minutes and 19 seconds. The course, one mile and 550 yards long, was the same for all the races...
...Harvard-Cornell boat race Saturday afternoon on the Charles river Cornell easily defeated the Harvard eight by six and a half lengths in the time of 10 minutes and 9 1-5s. Notwithstanding the evident superiority of the Cornell crew, Harvard's defeat was due to poor rowing. The men disregarded not only the stroke which they have been taught for the last two months, but even the elementary points of rowing...
Alfred Endicott Chase '05, of Lynn, coxswain, prepared for College at Noble and Greenough School. He coxswained his Freshman and Sophomore crews, and last year the University crew. Age, 21; height, 5 ft. 6 in.; weight, 116 pounds...
Yesterday afternoon, as its final practice before the race with Cornell this afternoon, the University crew rowed an easy stretch upstream from the Newell boathouse. The boat had plenty of life and drive and went well between strokes. With the exception of Pleasonton, whose work was at times rather crude, the men rowed in good form...