Word: eight
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 14, 1908.--On Saturday Coach Wray gave the University eight their second time trial over the course within three days. The crew covered four miles up stream under very favorable conditions in 20 minutes, 45 seconds. The start was easy and the stroke was kept about 30 till the last half-mile was passed, then it was gradually raised until 39 was reached in the last hundred yards. As a whole the crews rowed only fairly well. The time was fast, but strong favoring tide and wind discounted this to a certain extent...
Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 12, 1908.--The main feature of the practice of the crews today was the race of a mile between the University and Freshman eights this afternoon over the last mile of the course. The two crews started even, and the University crew led by about three lengths of open water at the finish. Both boats went at a fairly high stroke all the way, the University eight raising it to 38 to the minute on the last few hundred yards. The University crew took the lead at the start and gradually increased...
...rest of the work today was fairly light for all the crews. In the morning, the boats averaged about four miles each, and the two eights each tried some racing starts. This afternoon the University eight rowed two miles in addition to the mile race...
...clock. The first game, which took place at Worcester May 2, was very closely contested, and Holy Cross won by a 3 to 2 score. In that game Hicks faced Dowd, who did slightly better work than his opponent. The University team made six hits against eight for Holy Cross, but nevertheless batted hard most of the time...
...Freshman eight--Stroke, Cutler; 7, Hooper; 6, Eaton; 5, Withington; 4, Waite; 3, Whitney; 2, Foster; bow, Shillito; cox., Fales...