Word: henley
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...prepared for college at the Central High School, Washington, D. C. Last year he stroked the freshman crew at Poughkeepsie and the Junior 'Varsity at the American Henley Regatta. Age, 23; height, 5 ft. 10 in.; weight, 180 pounds...
...University second and Freshman crews will start for Philadelphia tonight on the Federal Express, which leaves the Back Bay Station at 7.45 o'clock. At Philadelphia the men will stay at the Aldine Hotel. The shells which will be used in the Henley regatta were shipped in a special car yesterday, and will be ready for the crews to practice in tomorrow. Coach Wray will leave for Philadelphia tomorrow night after the Cornell race and will arrive there in time to see the regatta on Saturday. The second will compete in the University Junior Collegiate race for eight-oared crews...
...whole showed a tendency to hang at the catch, but in several brushes of about 30 strokes with the University second crew the boat spaced well. This morning these two crews will hold their last practice in Cambridge in the shells in which they will row in the Henley Regatta on Saturday. The shells will be sent off this afternoon, and tomorrow the men will probably be given individual coaching in pair-oars. The men will leave Cambridge tomorrow afternoon...
...stream over the 1 and 7-8 mile course from the Union Boat Club to Longwood bridge. The winning eight will be awarded their class numerals and the names of the men will be inscribed on a silver platter. The crew will also be sent to compete in the Henley regatta at Philadelphia on May 26. The officials have not as yet been appointed...
Last year Harvard was represented for the first time in the American Henley regatta. Then the 1908 Freshman crew which had previously won the class races won the race for second eight-oared crews and the University four-oar finished second in a race for four-oar shells. By entering the University second crew instead of a four-oar this year a strong eight-oar crew, in addition to the Freshmen, will be kept intact for the University eight to row against after the Cornell race. This will somewhat retard the selection of the University four-oar to race Yale...