Word: launching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...launch rescued the men from the the sinking boats as fast as it could. It soon got the 1900 crew on board, but as it could not hold so many they had to transfer them to the referee's tug. This took so long that by the time the men were all got on board the tug the Freshman and Law School crews were both out of sight in the dusk...
...Freshmen sank just after crossing the line, and the Law School just before reaching it, and by the time the launch reached them, the men had been in the water so long that they were nearly exhausted. McKay, stroke of the Freshmen, in endeavoring to get out got caught under the coal wharf, and Brittin of the same crew was nearly done up by the cold water...
CLASS and Weld Crew Coxswains.- Be at boathouse this morning at 11 o'clock to go over course in launch...
...Lehmann went out in a pair-oar with Biddle 1900, early in the afternoon. He also watched the 1900 crew from the launch...
Yesterday was a bad day on the river as the tide was very low and a strong wind which interfered with the work of the crews was blowing. Both Mr. Lehmann and Mr. Willis followed the Junior and Freshman crews on the launch, and watched the '98 and 1900 crews set out from the float. The Freshman crew was first out, Mr. E. C. Storrow coaching. Their blade-work was poor, but their inboard work good, the slides being well controlled and all the men getting a sharp hard catch. Coming down river the Freshmen fell in with...