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...south wind blowing straight down the course in the morning, the practice was necessarily very light. All the crews, except the Freshman four which went up into Moulthrop Inlet, rowed over to the west shore opposite the Freshman quarters at Red Top and paddled up and down over the last half-mile of the course. But in the afternoon the University crew was sent over the four-mile course on time. The University and second fours paced by the Freshman four for the last mile, were timed in a race over the last two miles of the course...
...time made by the University crew was 20 minutes, 55 seconds, which is exactly the same as that made by the Yale crew last night. The shell was towed down-stream to the start at the railroad bridge, by the "John Harvard," the members of the crew being taken in the launch. At the start the crew went off at the rate of 36 strokes to the minute, but the stroke was soon lowered to 32 and this rate was maintained until the last half-mile of the course, when it was raised gradually to 40 at the finish. Taken...
...seem able to raise the stroke, and was almost caught by the second four. Despite the fact that all the men in the Freshman four were rushing their slides and hurrying their work unnecessarily, the boat travelled fast and the crew gained steadily on the University four throughout the last mile...
...practice was of a more serious nature. The University crew rowed down to the half-mile flag below the Navy Yard in one stretch, a distance of about two and one-half miles. The crew showed much improvement over yesterday's work and appears to be slowly emerging from last week's decided slump. The men were using their shoulders to better advantage at the finish, with the result that the boat was faster and much more life was shown in getting the oars in at the catch. The work of the three fours was also encouraging and the Freshman...
...seen on Soldiers Field this year, but if the infield gets back the speed and accuracy it is capable of, there is no reason why we should not win, always provided we can hit. In that connection all that can be said is, the batting is appreciably stronger than last year...