Word: oarlock
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After having used the English style of rigging on their shells for three years, the crews of the University of Pennsylvania, at the suggestion of Coach Wright, will test out the American swivel oarlock system this spring. A new eight-oared shell fitted with swivel locks is being built, but the old shells rigged with thole pins will not yet be discarded...
...breaking of an oarlock on the Harvard 'Varsity shell during the practice yesterday, and the still-remembered fiasco at Henley two years ago, by which Cornell won a barren victory over Leander, suggest the possibility of similar mishaps during the race at Poughkeepsie. There would be neither glory nor satisfaction in a victory won under such conditions. This note is to suggest that by agreement among those in authority, full power be given the referee to recall the crews at his discretion for a new start if the first start should be marred by any evident misunderstanding (wherever responsibility...
...official time at the various points of the race was: Half mile-Harvard, 2.18; Yale, 2.20; Columbia, 2.25. First mile-Yale, 4.58; Harvard, 5; Columbia, 5.15. Second mile and finish-Yale, 10.28; Harvard, 10.33; Columbia, 13.18.5. Columbia's bad beat was due to the breaking of Captain Pierrepont's oarlock before reaching the mile flag. Yale pulled uniformly 38 strokes, Harvard 40 to 41, and Columbia 38 to 40 per minute...