Word: ices
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first four Freshman crews had their first row on the Charles River yesterday afternoon. Since the ice is still blocked in front of Newell Boat Club, all crews rowed from Weld Boat Club, the stretch from the Anderson Bridge to the Western Avenue Bridge being clear. The current is now rapidly taking the ice downstream, and all crews should be able to row from Newell the first of next week. There are now 12 crews rowing on the water, eight University, and four Freshman...
Yesterday was the first day the University crews were able to row on the Charles River. Thanks to ideal weather conditions and the work of Freshman crew managers in breaking up the ice, University C, D, E, F, G and H were able to take a short row from the Weld Boat Club. The ice still hinders the rowing from Newell Boat Club, but it is expected that the last of it will be gone by the end of the week...
Freshman managers were at work yesterday in clearing the Charles River office, and considerable progress was made. Tugs broke up the ice a few days ago, and the crews will in all probability be out on the water the last of this week...
...ice in the Charles River seems at last to be about to break up, and the river should be open within a few days. Until that time the crews will continue to row at Lynn, since the accommodations have proved highly satisfactory and an excellent stretch is available for practice. There is, of course, the contingency of rough water at Lynn, but so far the difficulty has not been serious...
...sometime this week. The management has secured the use of a large canal near Kendall square, which is kept from freezing by means of the condensing water pumped into it, and a convenient place for the shells and dressing has also been secured. There now being 12 inches of ice on the Charles River, there is not much chance of getting out on it for some time...