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...corresponding number of the original squad cut yesterday. Thus 62 was the greatest number of men available for practice either day. There must be some reasons for such a pitiful showing: the only ones apparent are laziness and a misunderstanding of the necessary qualifications of an oarsman--height and weight. We will pass over the former with the remark that the class of 1913 is bidding fair to mar the excellent record which it has maintained so far. As to the latter, we can only reiterate the statement that no previous experience is necessary, and that many 'Varsity oarsmen never...
...these changes, the new order should eventually prove very satisfactory and be a good solution of the problem caused by L. Withington's absence from rowing this fall. Bacon may find trouble at first on the starboard side of the boat, but he is naturally a very adaptable oarsman and should soon fit in, besides being heavy and strong enough for the position...
Roger Cutler, of Brookline, was elected captain of the Freshman crew last night. Cutler received his first experience as an oarsman at Volkmann's School last year, when he stroked the championship four oar. Last fall he played fullback on the Freshman football team, and has been rowing at stroke on the Freshman crew since February...
...Harvard oarsman and ex-captain of the hockey team, who has since studied at Oxford and has there taken part in athletics writes to the CRIMSON as follows...
...from 6 in the boat, where he rowed last year and the year before, to number 4. He exchanged seats with Glass when this change was made. His two years on the University crew and a season on the 1907 Freshman eight have developed Bacon into a fairly good oarsman. He pulls hard and as captain has the confidence of all the other men in the boat. At times, however, his form becomes ragged...