Word: oarsmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Thayer and Eliot club crews have not enough coxwains. All light men, even without experience, are eligible, and may report this afternoon. More oarsmen are also needed and may report at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the Newell Boat Club...
Hopes that the Yale and Columbia university eights might race again this fall, as was the case a year ago, were shattered when Coach Nickalls of the Blue Navy announced that there would be no special races outside of the usual fall regatta. Oarsmen are out at New Haven now and starting a season of hard work preparatory to developing a winning crew in 1917, which with the present indications of the first eight seems not improbable...
Breaking the course record by eight seconds and finishing four lengths ahead of the Yale boat, the University crew set once and forever the stamp of success upon Coach Herrick and the system which he stands for. Jumping into an early lead the University oarsmen set the pace the entire distance, gradually lengthening their lead until at the finish line three boat lengths of open water separated the shells. A half length lead at the first mile post was slowly increased until the final mile, when Lund pushed the stroke up a couple of notches and the University boat pulled...
...great problem has presented itself to Coach Guy Nickalls this year, in that the increased weight of the oarsmen has made necessary the adoption of a lengthy stroke, whereas last year a sprinting stroke was used up until the final workout before the race at New London. The first regatta of this year was held with Pennsylvania, and in this Yale's inability to get going so as to finish up with sufficient speed was clearly shown. The first crew was defeated by several lengths, although the second eight came through with a victory. Coach Nickalls made a thorough overhauling...
...crews left for Gales Ferry on June 3 in order to start a final preparation for the dual battle with Harvard. The large number of 29 oarsmen was taken on the camp list, since the coach felt anything but certain as to the final lineup of the crew. The Gales Ferry practice has of course been very beneficial to the Yale crews, as well as good fun for the oarsmen, for here strenuous work was done to get at the main faults of the boats and speedy remedies were applied. A week or so at Gales Ferry proved conclusively...