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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...average age of this crew is 18 years, the average height is 5 feet, 11 inches, and the average weight is 158 pounds...
...year a sprinting stroke was used up until the final workout before the race at New London. The first regatta of this year was held with Pennsylvania, and in this Yale's inability to get going so as to finish up with sufficient speed was clearly shown. The first crew was defeated by several lengths, although the second eight came through with a victory. Coach Nickalls made a thorough overhauling of the boats, and regular practice was continued until the last of May when the triangular regatta was held with Princeton and Cornell...
...this time the order of the first crew had been determined on as follows; Stroke, Harriman; 7, McNaughton; 6, Fitzpatrick; 5, Sturtevant; 4, Meyer; 3, Captain Low; 2, Gilfillan; bow, Hadley; coxswain, McLane. In the triangular regatta Yale was completely outclassed by Cornell, who came back within a week after a defeat by Harvard to put it all over both the Yale and Princeton crews. After the loss of two races Coach Nickalls got very busy with the shifting and completely reorganized the first boat. After several days of waivering the following changes were made as permament: Whittlesey was brought...
...crews left for Gales Ferry on June 3 in order to start a final preparation for the dual battle with Harvard. The large number of 29 oarsmen was taken on the camp list, since the coach felt anything but certain as to the final lineup of the crew. The Gales Ferry practice has of course been very beneficial to the Yale crews, as well as good fun for the oarsmen, for here strenuous work was done to get at the main faults of the boats and speedy remedies were applied. A week or so at Gales Ferry proved conclusively...
Since this last overhauling, nothing more has happened in the way of shifting on the first crew. The crew has yet to show its true calibre, for imperfect shell equipment has been one of the main causes for the poor preliminary record of this year. A new and heavier Davy shell was brought into use about the first of June, and this should overcome any such handicap. The crew, as has been said, is a heavy one with the emphasis in development placed on staying power. The defeats by Pennsylvania and Cornell have not shaken the confidence of the coaches...