Word: forte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With tide and weather both favorable at Fort Point Channel yesterday afternoon, Coach Frank Muller had all four University crews out for a protracted spin following their enforced absence from open water work the latter part of last week...
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...Wood '24, had a comparatively easy workout, despite the fact that they covered a greater distance than they did on Tuesday. Starting at about 5 o'clock under the direction of Coach Muller who followed the practice from the launch, the men rowed for an hour along the Fort Point, Channel. The water conditions were perfect, and the improvement in balance and steadiness of the shells was quite marked. Nothing was attempted, however, beyond a slow paddle, as the coaches wish to secure an adequate grounding in fundamentals before proceeding to anything in the nature of a high stroke...
Crews A and B left the Shawmut boat club shortly after 5 o'clock with Coach Muller in the coxswain's seat of the seconds. The water of Fort Point Channel was eceptionally smooth and free from floating ice, an unobstructed stretch of nearly a mile being available. The two crews paddled side by side over the first mile matching each other stroke for stroke. After this preliminary spin Coach Muller took the second eight down stream for half a mile and sent the first crew back over the half-mile upstream course. Over two miles were covered altogether...