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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...London on Thursday afternoon, June 26. The Freshman race will be rowed first and will start from Red Top at 2 o'clock, down-stream over the two-mile course to the Navy Yard. The University four-oar race will commence at the Navy Yard immediately after, and will finish at the draw-bridge, two miles farther down. Later in the afternoon, the University eights will race downstream over the four-mile course from Red Top to the drawbridge...
...rough and awkward. The boat has shown a tendency to hitch between strokes, due to the men hanging at the full reach and rushing their slides. In this respect, however, they are improving rapidly and the boat is now moving more smoothly. The men get a good finish in their stroke, but lack the hard biting catch so marked in the Yale crew; they do not catch hard enough or quick enough. The crew has also shown a tendency to slug and yank the oars through the water instead of sweeping them through with a long, steady pull. These faults...
Bancroft, number seven, is a very smooth oar. He is slow at the catch and has a tendency to cut his stroke off at the finish...
...crews were even at the bridge although the Weld showed superior form but from there to the finish it went to pieces and the Newell won by about three lengths in 8 minutes and 18 seconds. The special race between the eights from Stone's School and Worcester High School was also rowed and resulted in a victory for Stone's by about 10 feet in 8 minutes and 17 seconds. The Junior four-oar event between Stone's and the Weld Junior crew will be rowed this afternoon...
...Freshman race will start from the draw-bridge at 10.30 and will be rowed upstream two miles, finishing at the Navy Yard. The four-oared race will start from the Navy Yard immediately after the finish of the Freshman race and will be rowed two miles further up stream. The University race will be rowed down stream, as usual, starting...