Word: crews
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University oarsmen to Annapolis tomorrow to meet the first-year boats of Princeton and the United States Naval Academy. There is but one thing that has made this a possibility, --the spirit of a class which has collected from its members the sum of $550 wherewith to send its crew to the Severn. Nor is this the first time that the Freshmen have shown interest in their major sports. At the climax of the hockey season they offered to supply the funds to send their team to New York for the Yale and Princeton games, since those universities found...
...their first practice this season on the Housatonic River, the first and second Yale crews raced over the Henley course last Saturday. The first eight took a small lead at the start and pulled ahead considerably in the first mile. On the turn half way down the course, the second crew cut the corner and gained a little, but the first managed to keep a lead of a little less than a length up to the finish...
...Soderston '19, who now strokes the Eli boat, is not as smooth an oar as Heminway, but he has more power, and is learning to keep the men well in hand behind him. R. Allen '19, at 6, is the mainstay of the crew and is improving daily, but he lacks the weight of Rockefeller and the ability to keep the stroke long at the finish which is so necessary in a good number 6, and in which Rockefeller was remarkable. W. F. C. Ewing '21, who took Allen's seat at 4 is a pretty oar, but seems...
...spite of many changes in seating, the second crew presents a prettier appearance than the first. This seems to be due to the excellent rhythm of their stroke, C. Peters '19, who has just returned from overseas...
...Freshman crew has suffered many changes during the week. They do not show any pace and seem to be altogether too short at present, but their time is good, and they keep their boat well up on its keel...