Word: floated
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first two University crews launched their shells in Lynn harbor yesterday afternoon and for the first time this year took a short practice row. The float of the West Lynn Boat Club, which drifted away two days ago, was discovered stranded on the opposite shore of the bay and yesterday morning was put in position. The "Pup," however, was not running, and Coach Haines was unable to follow the boats...
...initial practice of the two first crews in the Lynn harbor which was to have been held yesterday afternoon was postponed until today because it was found impossible to arrange facilities for launching the shells. The float used by the West Lynn Boat Club was washed away shortly after being put in place, and without it no boats could be put on the water. The two shells which were sent down yesterday have arrived and the Pup 1, which will be used by Coach Haines, has been launched on the harbor. Early this afternoon the two first eights will leave...
...account of Saturday's 40-mile an hour gale, the University crews, for the first time since regular outdoor practice started, were unable to be out. Ice was forming on the river, float, and launches, and the water was whipped into a chop. The work of the crews has been going on smoothly this year, and the men have had an unusually early opportunity for river work. The present order of the University oarsmen is as follows...
Work has been started on the new Yale boathouse at Gale's Ferry. The building, which will be 42 feet wide and 85 feet in length will be supported on piles. At one end a platform will be constructed with large aprons and a 60 foot float extending out over the water. The boatroom, which takes up most of the first floor, contains ample room for extra shells and oar racks. Dressing and shower rooms will be on the same floor. Servants will have separate quarters on the second floor. The exterior of the boathouse will be painted white...
...flood the first and second University boats lined up on the two-mile mark. The race was close and exciting throughout. At one time the first was nearly a length ahead, but the second cut the lead to a question of feet at the finish just off the float. The unofficial time for the race was 9.30. In the next race, the substitute or "gentlemen's" four, consisting of the two University subs., Busk and Herrick, and the two Freshman subs, Lovell and Baker, outstripped the Freshman four by a full length in one mile. The unofficial time...