Word: launching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rough water tried the hard, four mile pull back. The crew was made up as follows: Stroke, Perkins '91; 7, Kelton '93; 6, Vail '93; 5, Cummings '93; 4, Lynam M. S.; 3, Rantoul '92; 2, Powers '92; bow, Jones '92. Newell '94, regularly at bow, was in the launch...
...several days H. W. Keyes '87, has been on the launch with C. F. Adams, L. S., encouraging the 'varsity by his presence and suggestions. Saturday the launch stranded and Adams coached from the boat, serving as coxswain. The order of the men has been changed and is liable to be changed a good deal yet. Other men may be placed in the boat. The order Saturday was as follows: Stroke, Perkins '91; 7, Kelton '93; 6, Vail '93; 5, Cummings '93; 4, Lynam M. S.; 3, Rantoul '92; 2, Powers '92; bow, Newell...
...Yale launch is to be completed...
...seemed absolutely enable to row the boat on an even keel, and came in that night considerably discouraged over the day's work. On Saturday they went out in the shell again. M. R. Peet of New York, coach of the Columbia crew for several years, was on the launch. Mr. R. C. Watson was also on the launch and coached the crew in conjunction with Adams, L. S. The men had great difficulty again in keeping the boat on an even keel. It was not until nearly dark that they finally mastered the shell and kept it even...
Monday morning as a large dredge was going up the river it drifted across the bow line of the 'varsity launch thus pulling the rope so tight that the launch was overturned. It immediately filled with water and sank. The the dredging company put men at work Monday night and at low tide the launch was raised, Pumped out, and was ready for crew practice yesterday afternoon. The accident happened at a very unfortunate time as Perkins, captain of the '84 crew, had come up from New York to aid in coaching the crew and without the launch he could...