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...June 11, 1906.--The University and Freshman crew squads, consisting of two eight-oar and two four-oar crews, arrived at Red Top at 6.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon...
...sent out on the Thames river. The University eight rowed down stream to the Navy Yard, a distance of two miles, maintaining a stroke of 30, which was raised to 32 toward the end. On the return the crew was accompanied by the University four-oar and the Freshman eight-oar crews...
Last year Harvard was represented for the first time in the American Henley regatta. Then the 1908 Freshman crew which had previously won the class races won the race for second eight-oared crews and the University four-oar finished second in a race for four-oar shells. By entering the University second crew instead of a four-oar this year a strong eight-oar crew, in addition to the Freshmen, will be kept intact for the University eight to row against after the Cornell race. This will somewhat retard the selection of the University four-oar to race Yale...
Yesterday the members of the University crew squad had light work, going out one at a time with Coach Wray in pair-oar shells. By this method individual faults of the men not so evident when they row in the eight-oar boats are brought to the attention of the coach. The same work will be continued today, but Newhall, Morgan, and Filley will be given a rest...
During the past week several changes have been made in the orders of the Freshman crews. Rackemann, Hanfstaengl and Ellis have been moved to 5, 3 and 2, respectively, in the first eight. Last Friday the three eight-oar crews and the four-oar rowed up-stream from the University boathouse as far as the Brighton bridge and back. The first crew showed marked improvement over their recent ragged work, and in a brush of about half a mile with the second crew gained almost a boat's length. Williams at stroke and Faulkner at number 7 showed a strong...