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...McBurney...
...annual election of officers, held yesterday afternoon by the Weld Boat Club, resulted as follows: President, L. G. Coleman '99; secretary, Fullerton Blake '99; members of the governing board, F. Dobyns '98 and W. H. Conroy '99. The four crew captains-P. Nichols 2L., H. McBurney '98, P. Davis '99, T. W. Pierce 1900-are members of the governing board, ex officio. The treasurer is elected by the board after consulting the trustees...
...sets a good place. Dubois, 7, lacks life on the catch and tends to carry the feather too far. Millard, 6, tends to meet his oar at the finish of the stroke. Wood, 5, settles at the finish and tends to drop over at the full reach. McBurney (captain) 4, rolls his head, but rows long and smoothly. Butler, 3, rows around his oar and his time is poor. Richards, 2, is very short on body reach and slow on the recover. Robinson, bow, forgets to bevel his oar sufficiently and tends to clip...
...order of the '98 Weld crew was shifted about yesterday. Dobyns who has been rowing 4 was put at stroke and Dubois, who has been stroking, changed to 7. Butler went from 7 to 3, Robinson from 3 to bow, Richards from bow to 2, and McBurney took Dobyns's place at 4. The entire order was: Stroke, Dobyns; 7, Du Bois; 6, Millard; 5, Wood; 4, McBurney; 3, Butler; 2, Richards; bow, Robinson. The change seem to have worked an improvement, as the crew was rowing much better than before...
Ninety-eight has been rowing in the '96 'Varsity paper shell in the following order: Stroke, Du Bois; 7, Butler; 6, Millard; 5, Wood; 4, Sheafe; 3, Robinson; 2, McBurney; bow, Richards...