Word: evens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...back at a 46-stroke, after which they turned and went to the Fawley Court boat house. On the way to the boat house they made several short spins of about half a minute each, which were taken at about the same rate. The bodies of the men were even and steady. The boat rolled a little and their stroke was short. Turning again at the boat house they rowed a quarter of a mile and then returned to the boat house...
...This evening the Cornell crew rowed a series of races against an untrained scratch crew made up of members of the Henley Club. In the Cornell boat were Matthews, Bentley, Roe, Freeborn, Shape, Hall, Louis, H. Hamilton(stroke). On the way down the Americans had the lead, but at the start, the boats were even. The Henley crew then immediately began to draw away, and were a quarter of a length ahead by the time they had pulled sixteen strokes, when they stopped rowing, having broken a rowlock string...
...matter will be a great service to the committee, and through them to a large number of needy persons. The committee were much encouraged by the success of their first collection this year, and are unquestionably safe in their belief that students will this time respond to the call even more generously than before...
...principal adverse criticism on the Yale crew is concerning its great weight. Until a month ago the average was 180 pounds. This has been reduced to 176, but even this is six pounds heavier than a typical crew, and four pounds heavier than any Yale eight since 1891. Captain Armstrong states that there will probably be no change in the present makeup of the crew, which with the statistics of the men is as follows...
...June number of the Graduates' Magazine is exceptionally interesting even for this uniformly excellent publication...