Word: eight
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crew won the eight oared race on account of superior endurance, and the ability of the men to keep well together throughout and follow a fast stroke in the spurt. Because of their lack of endurance the Yale crew could not back up their stroke, when he tried to quicken his pace in the last half-mile...
...presiding officer was Mr. L. D. Brandeis L.'77, of Boston, and the judges were Justice J. T. Blodgett of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Mr. R. A. Woods of Boston, and Governor J. McLane of New Hampshire. They awarded the decision to Princeton, making a total of eight victories for Harvard and four for Princeton from the twelve debates held...
This morning the Yale university eight, accompanied by the freshman eight paddled about two miles on the Thames at a slow pace. The university and freshman four-oared boats went up stream, racing a short distance and finishing even...
...afternoon Coach Kennedy put the university crew over the four-mile course for the third time this season under the watch. The slow time, 27 minutes, does not indicate what the crew is capable of, because the men rowed down stream against wind and tide. The freshman eight raced the university boat for the first two miles and was ahead at the mile flag, but then fell off, passing the second mile flag off the Navy Yard about a length behind. Both crews rowed a slow stroke, except near their finish. The university four-oar went about...
Richard Cary Morse, '06, of Norwichtown, Conn., captain and three, prepared for college at Norwich High School. He has rowed in the same position for the past two years on the University eight and on his freshman crew. He is 22 years old, weighs 165 pounds, and is 5 feet 11 1-2 inches in height...