Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tried for the first time the new shell which Waters has just finished. It is built on the same model as the new '85 boat, and it rides the crew well. It sets a trifle too high out of the water, since it was built to hold a slightly heavier crew; with the present crew it is rather better suited for rough than smooth water. The new shell, the '77 cedar boat, and probably the '83 boat will be taken to New London; but it has hot been decided which will be used...
...well adapted to the crew. It must be remembered, however, that Yale has a heavy and powerful crew, and that it is precisely the same as their '84 crew; and the stroke which they use is the same as last year's. The Columbia crew averages slightly heavier than ours; it has four old 'varsity oars, and three men of last year's victorious freshman crew. The stroke which Columbia rows is long and steady, with a sharp, quick recover. Their crew has been at New London since June 8, and has rowed over a four mile course twice daily...
...being given as much as they want of plain, substantial food. The stroke rowed by the Columbias is long and steady, with a sharp, wuick recovery, which will send their boat through the water at a high rate of speed. The average weight is fully eight pounds heavier last year's crew...
...crew on Wednesday, and will occupy his old place again. Cowles will probably go to 2 and Hobbs to 4. Vernon and Farrington seem at present to be the most conspicuous candidates for the vacant position of four. The average of the crew this year will undoubtedly be heavier than it was last year, since all of the seven old men are heavier than they were then...
...spent upon our military duties, that all athletic sports are practically abandoned. We have no base-ball, no foot-ball, no boating, although the material for either of the last two is splendid, and some day we may have in the field, an eleven with a five pound heavier average than Yale...