Word: eight
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...Freshman crew with a stroke of 38, gained half a length over the other crews. The Seniors, however, increased their stroke and caught up slowly with the Freshmen, leaving the Juniors and Sophomores a length behind. Just before Harvard bridge, Webster, who was rowing 6 in the Senior eight, broke his oar and jumped from the boat, narrowly missing being run down by the referee's launch...
...graded crew race yesterday afternoon, which was rowed upstream over the mile and seven-eighths course, the second Freshman crew easily defeated the Weld graded crew by five lengths and the second Sophomores by eight lengths. The slow time, 10 minutes and 47 seconds, was due to the unfavorable weather conditions. The Freshmen's victory was due to all round superiority which was shown by their smooth form and strong drive at the finish. The graded crew, which had rowed together for the first time on Wednesday, was rough, and did not pull well together. The Sophomores' stroke was short...
...crew, which had been waiting for the University boat, started at a racing pace a length in the lead. The Freshman began with a high stroke of over 40, and gained three-quarters of length on the University boat. During the last quarter of a mile, however, the University eight made a spurt, and in the final stretch drew up rapidly on its opponents, the Freshman eight finishing a little over a length in the lead...
ITHACA, N. Y., MAY 16.--Coach Courtney of Cornell today made the final selection of the university eight which will row against the Harvard crew on the Charles river on May 27. The order of the crew is as follows: Stroke, E. T. Foote; 7, Lee; 6, Fernon; 5, G. W. Foote; 4, Dodd; 3, Boesch; 2, Barton; bow, Stowell; cox., Taylor...
Chase was again coxswain in the University eight in place of Montgomery, who took out one of the four-oars. There were no other changes in the University boat...