Word: launching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yesterday the 'varsity crew went back to its barge after a week in the shell. A slight accident delayed the crew for a short time as they were starting off for the afternoon row. The tide was low and in launching the barge a rock was struck, knocking a hole in the bottom. This was soon patched up. The makeup of the crew was considerably changed on account of the absence of a number of men. Captain Bullard watched the crew from the launch. He has a lame arm and will probably not row for several days. Hollister and Perkins...
...junior crew has had few changes since reaching the water. The stern four has maintained the same order for the last month. Brewer has been moved from No. 2 to No. 4, and several men have been tried at No. 2. Mumford '87 coached the crew from the launch yesterday. The order was: Stroke, Kales; 7, Forbes; 6, Stillman; 5, Derby; 4, Brewer; 3, Fairchild; 2, Frothingham; bow, Mann...
Yesterday Mr. Watson coached the freshman crew from the launch. The crew rowed: Stroke, H. Adams; 7, Fuller; 6, Seaver; 5, Ames; 4, Goodrich; 3, Rice; 2, Bull; bow, J. Adams. The men will go to the training table Monday. The new barge was moved yesterday into the University Boat House...
...shown decided improvement. The new men are doing fairly well, but there are still noticeable breaks in time at 7 and 4. A great deal of this improvement is due to the fact that Mr. Watson has coached the crew for the last few days, going out in the launch before the varsity was ready to row. The only recent change in the make-up of the crew is at bow, where Rantoul replaced Gleason yesterday. The present order is as follows...
...varsity launch has been put in commission and Mr. Watson coached the men from it for a short time...