Word: eight-oar
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...committee accepted the gift of a photograph of a famous eight-oar crew, of which Mr. Playford was stroke, on the Thames, and, in the distance, a twelve-oar crew probably the only one ever organized. Mr. Frederic Crowningshield '66, was the donor. The chairman of the Athletic Committee will be glad to hear suggestions as to the permanent place for the photograph...
...last squads of candidates for the Weld crews have left the Gymnasium and are now training on the river. The first crews from each class are rowing in eight-oar barges, and the other candidates are training in four-oar barges, pair-oars and singles. Until the regular class crew squads are cut down to the number of men they are to carry till the races, the Weld crews can not be made up. From the '98 regular crew Butler, Fleisham, Gould and Wood have within the last few days joined the Weld, and Kernan, Barney and Elkins have joined...
Davis, the oarsman and inventor of rowing apparatus, has received an order from Yale for an eight-oar shell, to be built at the Detroit Boat Works, and is to be fitted with all the latest patented Davis appliances. It is reported that the new shell is 68 feet long, beam 20 inches and depth 10 inches...
...eight-oar race to decide the championship left unsettled at the Metropolitan regatta on Monday was rowed off last evening. It was won by the Riversides by about ten feet after a very exciting race. The Shawmuts failed to appear at the start. The Weld crew led past the Harvard Bridge down to the three-quarter mile mark; then the Riversides forged slightly ahead and kept their lead to the end, although a spurt by the Weld crew cut it down to ten feet at the finish. The Weld crew was somewhat put out in the last quarter...
...annual fall scratch races of the Weld Boat Club were held yesterday afternoon, the course being from the Weld Club House down to the 'Varsity Boat House. Eight-oar barges were used instead of four, as has been the custom...