Word: fours
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...following teams are left in the finals for the championship: Scrub 1, Pushballs, and No Names. The Farmers and Cold Hands are tied in their division, and in Division 4 the Nine Big Bluffs are tied with the Lady Fingers. The ties between these four teams are to be played off this afternoon; or, if the captains wish to attend the Brown game, they may meet in the CRIMSON office at 2 o'clock and agree to postpone them till Thursday...
...Ninety-nine crew has not shown as much improvement lately as the other crews. The loss of Whitbeck at five necessitating two changes in the boat set the crew back considerably. The crew is the lightest of the four, but seven men have rowed in races before and six sat in last year's Freshmen boat. The men reach out well on the catch and have a strong body swing. Their leg work, however, is not good and they are heavy and slow at the beginning of the recover. The order of the crew in the boat, their ages, weights...
...that which the other crews use, and the recover is very much faster. The crew as a whole is apt to hurry and fails to use the leg drive soon enough. The watermanship is very good and has improved much of late. This crew is the heaviest of the four and the men are unusually strong...
...crews comes to an end tomorrow when the annual class races are rowed over the two mile course in the basin. The men started work early in January and have been in strict training about six weeks. The greatest uncertainty prevails as to the outcome of the race. All four crews are well up to, if not above, the average, and all have worked hard and faithfully from the start. A great deal of praise is due to the coaches-Mr. Davis, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Storrow-for their work with the crews. Mr. Lehmann has from time to time...
...raters have been received by their owners. The first race was scheduled for May 1, but owing to the weather was postponed. In the weekly races of the half-raters a pennant will be given to the winner of each race, and points will be given to the first four boats to finish toward a cup to be awarded to the half-rater winning the greatest number of points...