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...lower end of the course against a strong wind and tide in one stretch, at a 28 stroke, and after a rest rowed back to the boathouse keeping the stroke above 29. The second crew joined them at the Navy Yard but the first crew soon gained a length rowing a 31 stroke. The four-oar paced the first crew for the last half-mile and finished well. The first crew finished at a 32 and 33 stroke in the most encouraging spurt of the season. Early this afternoon the Freshman crew rowed three miles up the river. The form...
GALES FERRY, June 14.--Late this afternoon the Yale university crew and the, freshman crew rowed two miles up the river returning in two stretches of one mile each. The university crew won by half a length in the first brush and a length and a half in the second. The stroke of the first crew was kept at 28 and that of the freshman crew at 30. In the morning the freshman crew had only light work and the four-oar practiced starts. The university crew...
...first crew paddled to the lower end of the course, rowing a 28 stroke. The course was then rowed in 21 minutes, 45 seconds under good conditions. The first two miles was covered at a 30 stroke. At the Navy Yard the second crew entered the race a length and a half ahead. In the last half-mile the first crew raised the stroke to 34 but the second crew finished two feet ahead. The first crew showed great improvement and the men finished strong with good reserve power...
GALES FERRY, June 13.--The Yale university crew had easy practice this evening, rowing only to the Navy Yard and returning in a brush with the Freshmen. The university crew came in half a length ahead, both crews making good time. In the morning the university crew covered the four-mile course in 20 minutes, 18 seconds, unofficial time...
...stream against the tide, in 5 minutes, 50 seconds. The men rowed fairly well together but their time and slide control were ragged. At six o'clock the two University crews and the Freshmen raced down stream. The second dropped out at the Navy Yard, a quarter of a length ahead of the first. At this point the Freshmen were leading by a length and a quarter, and dropped out at the three-mile mark, two lengths ahead. The first crew went on over the four-mile course and finished with a strong 28 stroke in 22 minutes, 5 seconds...