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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Edward Putnam Currier '09, of Wellesley Hills, captain and catcher, entered College from the Wellesley High School. While there he caught for four years on the baseball team. He has caught for the University team for four years. He is 22 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, and weighs 143 pounds...
Newton Keith Hartford '09, of Watertown, pitcher, prepared at Watertown High School, where he pitched on the baseball team for four years and played halfback on the football team for one year. This is his third year as pitcher for the University nine. He is 22 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighs 171 pounds...
...Freshman four practiced racing starts and then rowed over the last half-mile of the course. The crew started at 38 and finished at 40, rowing about 32 for most of the way. Spurts were tried all along the course and the boat went well at a high stroke but was rather lifeless when the crew was rowing low. The second four rowed about three miles during the afternoon...
...crews went out at about 6 o'clock. The water was almost calm. The University eight took a row down-stream to the three-mile flag and back. A stroke of 28 was maintained all the way until the last stretch before the boathouse, when it was raised as high as 42. Although the slide work was poor at times the crew went very well, and on the row home the boat moved along especially smoothly. A change was made in the Freshman eight in the afternoon, Voorhees of the four replacing Faxon as coxswain. This crew went over...
...boat being of great value. In the afternoon the Freshman eight went over the two-mile course up-stream. No time was taken. A low stroke was maintained, except for occasional short spurts. The boat went fairly well, but the men were inclined to lose their rhythm at a high stroke. A further change was made necessary in the University four in the afternoon, as Hooper was sent back to Boston on account of symptoms of measles. H. Forster '11, who has been rowing bow in the second four, took his place, and in spite of the change, the boat...