Word: inlet
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...delay in announcement of Cornell's rowing schedule has led to the belief that that university may not be represented this spring in intercollegiate contests. Practice rowing has continued as usual, however, and crews will be put on the river as soon as the inlet is free from...
...personnel of the university crews this week and none is expected for a time. Coach Collyer says the boatings are for the purpose of getting several likely looking combinations used to each other and getting them rowing together. None will be chosen as the university crew until after the inlet breaks up and outdoor practice begins. That is at least a month...
...practice which has recently been resumed by the crews is the first that they have done since ice prevented outdoor work on the inlet early in December. In years past practice has been taken up indoors as soon as the weather put a stop to work on the inlet in the fall, but this year the coaches decided to try the innovation of giving the men a thorough rest for a month instead...
...this time last year, the university men were organized into regular combinations which had been carried through from the fall practice on the inlet, but the number of men who failed to pass their examinations completely disorganized the eights. As a result the entire squad had to be reorganized in February and new combinations worked up. With the plan being tried this year the men will be fresher and will be more easily arranged in final combinations when the mid-years are over...
...Cornell University, junior and freshman eights were on the water on Thursday for the first time this season. The ice in the Cayuga inlet had to be dynamited to allow the crews enough room for good practice. Four of the men in the first boat rowed against Harvard last year, while three were members of the 1916 Freshman eight...