Word: eight
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock the University crew will row its annual race with Cornell over a two-mile straightaway course on Lake Cayuga. The Cornell crew will be exactly the same eight which defeated the second University crew by a little over a length in a mile and 550 yards course at the American Henley Regatta last Saturday. The University crew will row in its regular order, as Waid returned to No. 7 Thursday...
...Harvard, Yale, or Cornell. Princeton, Pennsylvania and Michigan are closely matched for fourth place. There are a great number of unusually good men, however, among the entries from the smaller colleges, who may win a large number of points. The University team relies on seven or eight excellent performers to win the majority of Harvard's points, while Yale and Cornell have more evenly balanced teams. Looking at the three teams from this point of view, it seems as if Cornell and Yale would be weakened more by the performers from the smaller colleges, whereas Harvard, whose team is counting...
Ithaca, N. Y., May 27.--The Harvard squad arrived this morning, but the crew was not able to go out until the afternoon as the shells did not arrive on time. When the eight went out at 5 o'clock Waid was in his regular place at No. 7 and it is now assured that he will row in the race. As the water was rough and there was a light rain falling the crew held only light practice, accompanied by Coach Wray in a single scull...
...Cornell crews went out after Harvard, and as the water had calmed down considerably by that time, the eights took a long row of about eight miles at a slow stroke...
...Freshman crew squad will leave for Ithaca this evening at 6.50 o'clock, where the eight will row the Cornell freshmen in a preliminary race to the university race. The men will take the 7.35 o'clock train from the Back Bay Station, and will stay with the University squad at the Ithaca Hotel...