Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game was the presence inside the ropes of Mrs. Walter C. Camp, wife of Yale's most famous foot-ball player, who followed the ups and downs of the game with the same keen interest as her husband, who had been coaching the Yale team. Bob Cook, the Yale oarsman, was also nervously pacing about the chalk line muttering to himself as he saw the Princeton giants jumping on the little Yale men."- N. Y. Herald...
...awakening vain hopes foredoomed to disappointment? Two plans are suggested by which we may enjoy equal advantages with other colleges, and maintain as high a standard of athletics as we have at present if not a higher one. First, some graduate, who has proved himself a thorough oarsman, should be induced to devote himself entirely to coaching the crew during the spring months. The crew should be placed completely under his control. In the good old days when Harvard used to win some victories with the oar, a Harvard graduate was the only coach for the crew, but because...
Hefflefinger, the new right guard of the Yale eleven, has a brilliant record as an athlete. He is an excellent all-round baseball player, a most successful oarsman, and has made a good showing as a bicyclist. As a football player his experience has been limited, but he plays a strong, aggressive game, and will prove a valuable acquisition to the team. He is six feet, two inches in height, weighs two hundred pounds, and can run a hundred yards in remarkably good time, less than eleven seconds...
This morning's Globe has an article on the respective merits of the Harvard and Yale 'varsity crews. It was written by Eugene Buckley, a prominent amateur oarsman, who has seen both crews at work...
...Jake" Gaudaur, the celebrated St. Louis oarsman, while rowing on the Charles, Thursday afternoon, was swamped, and was picked up by the substitutes of the '88 crew, who were out in a pair...