Word: iced
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Practice for the University crews is being continued on the Charles under the favor of good weather conditions. Some trouble was experienced yesterday afternoon, however, when light ice floes partially choked the rowing space, necessitating the use of the launch to keep it clear. Coach Stevens expects that two more mild days will find the river entirely free for practice...
...only river practice for the Freshmen continues to be in the Levis than, which is not at all hampered by the ice. The question of coxes for the Freshman, as well as the University squads, is being rapidly cleared up as nine new candidates for the position were signed up yesterday...
...specimens from prairie farms report to Mr. Stagg as raw football candidates than in the days of Dink Stover, but the caustic critic points out that most of these demi-gods were muscle-bound, and that they dissipated in saloons and buggies, whereas the modern youth has only the ice cream parlor and the harmless Ford. Moreover, these huge giants are far too large to fit into the modern scheme of things, subway turnstiles, for example...
Continued mild weather, and an almost complete disappearance of ice enabled the coaches to continue rowing on the Charles yesterday afternoon. In addition to Coach Haines' Freshman squad which went out in the Leviathan, Coach Stevens had three University eights on the water in barges...
...precedents for early rowing on the Charles may be shattered this afternoon if present plans for taking some oarsmen out in the Leviathan materialize. Last Friday, Coach Stevens and Spuhn led a squad of oarsmen in clearing the ice from in front of Newell boathouse, and with the rain last night it is probable that squads will take the river this afternoon under the direction of Coach Brown. The river is clear below Weld boathouse at present, but there is no thought among the coaching staff to launch any shells until later in the spring...