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...Yale university four oar, and freshman crews were all out on the river early yesterday morning. As an experiment, Dr. Gallaudet gave the charge of the day's coaching to John Kennedy, a well-known professional oarsman and boatbuilder. He coached the crews particularly on ease of motion and economy of energy...
...Harry Vail, who has just been engaged to coach the Newell crews, is a native of St. John, New Brunswick. He has been a professional oarsman for twenty years, and has had experience in many races in the Provinces and in this country. Since he began coaching in St. John in 1883, Mr. Vail has been very successful in turning out winning crews. Most of his work in this country has been done in Baltimore, Md., where from 1892-96 he had charge of the crews of the Ariel Boat Club. In 1892 the junior four of that club...
...equal. Sweetland '99, however, although a trifle awkward, is a tower of strength there and should develop into a valuable man. Wakeman '99, last year's bow oar, has been forced to yield his seat to Dalzell '99, who is much heavier and a splendid oarsman. Strong as the crew may be, Mr. Courtney is not a little worried lest out of the remaining candidates he shall not be able to pick a crew which shall push the 'varsity. This was no small reason for Cornell's success last year...
Lawrence E. Sexton '84 has been appointed Chairman of the New London Regatta Committee. Although not an oarsman himself, Mr. Sexton has always been identified with rowing. While in college he was a 'varsity and class crew manager, and three years ago he served as chairman of the Regatta Committee for the Harvard-Yale race...
...number of Freshman crew candidates has been cut down only once, and there are still about seventy men left, working in five squads. Each squad is under the charge of a 'Varsity oarsman with two assistants, and Mr. Storrow is present three or four times a week. The candidates have not yet been arranged according to ability and are not rowing in any regular order. They will not go to the tank or be divided into crews until the squad is further cut down...