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Yesterday for the first time regular lacrosse practice was held on Holmes Field. The thirty-eight men out were separated into two squads, the first of which, made up of sixteen upperclassmen, practiced team play by forming two sides, each of which endeavored to keep possession of the ball. The other twenty-two candidates were as signed to the Freshman squad and practiced passing and running with the ball...
...following eight men will make up the University team: V. K. Keesey 1L., J. M. De Wolfe 1L., A. S. Newhall '05, C. F. Lovejoy '04, G. W. Putnam 1G., H. H. Fox '04, C. M. Ambrose 2L., H. Frost 3L.; C. A. Barnes '05 will be the substitute. Of the above, the first four player in last year's match...
...meeting of the representatives of the Harvard and Yale rowing managements yesterday afternoon at New London the following program of races was decided upon for June 30. The Freshman eight will race up stream from the New London bridge to the Navy Yard, a distance of two miles, starting at 10.30. Immediately after the Freshman race the University four will race up stream a distance of two miles from the Navy Yard. The University eights will race down stream over the regular course starting at 12.30. In case postponement is necessary, the races will be rowed during the afternoon...
...been working for over six weeks on the machines in the University boathouse, under the direction of Coach Colson. The course of development has been, in general, from individual practice in the new stroke, by small squads, to the combined work of the present arbitrary crews of eight; and from a very slow stroke of seven to the minute, allowing the men to master the details of the new method, to the present normal pace of twenty to the minute. The practice has been entirely on the machines, as the heavy work in the tank tends to hinder the development...
...Newell. As some of the Freshman squad have never rowed before, the coaches have decided to give them some practice in watermanship before going on the river. Accordingly they received their first coaching in the tank yesterday afternoon. For convenience, solely, the squad was divided into four divisions of eight men each, no attempt at grading having been made...