Word: launching
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...shells, probably three eights and two fours, will leave Boston on Sunday night in the care of Charles Hart, manager of the Newell boathouse; while on Wednesday the launch "John Harvard" will go with Freshman, the engineer...
...they proceeded direct to the New Ithaca Hotel. At 12 o'clock the whole squad went to the Cornell boathouse, where the shell had been placed. The men went out for a row of about a mile on Cayuga Inlet, accompanied by Coach Wray in one of the Cornell launches. The eight maintained a slow stroke throughout the practice, which was merely to limber up after the night on the sleeping car. They moved fairly well together and appeared to put more spirit into their work than during the last few days. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon coxswain Rlagden...
...University and second crews paddled down to the Union Boat Club and back late yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Coach Wray in the launch. Tappan, who has not rowed since the Columbia race, was put in at bow in place of Burchard; and Lovering was tried at 5, in place of Severance. Owing to these changes, as a result of which Lovering rowed on the starboard side of the boat for the first time, the shell was unsteady yesterday and the form was more ragged than recently...
...place of Mulligan. Morgan took Swaim's former seat at 3. Both crews rowed up to the Brighton bridge together and the advance over the ragged rowing shown on Monday, caused by the shake-up, was very noticeable. Wray coached from the launch, but gave the men only light work, as the rough water prevented the crews from going downstream...
...Launch Committee--J. L. Price, chairman, A. B. Brooks, C. B. Whitney...