Word: oarsmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...three weeks before the Yale races. The crew did, of course, meet one of the best crews that Cornell ever turned out. but the undergraduates should understand that a win from Yale in rowing is not a fixture and that perhaps a good send off today would give the oarsmen a valuable bit of encouragement...
...Yale University and freshman crew squads are now at Gales Ferry, New London, putting on the finishing touches preparatory to the annual races with Harvard. There are twenty university oarsmen and sixteen freshmen, under the direction of Coaches Gold, Harriman, Kirby, Rodgers and Acheson...
...removal of the objection will be made. Perhaps the most pleasant side of the race, however, is its friendly informality. Strange as it may seem, the Yale crew will race in a Harvard boat, and we hope that it will be properly welcomed and entertained by the Harvard oarsmen and their friends...
...there is no possibility of erecting stands on the banks. As for graduates of twenty-five years, they are, in fact, allowed extra seats for their wives. But as for Seniors, there is no way of meeting the case except by reducing the number of tickets allotted to oarsmen and by depriving certain other undergraduates and graduates of their seats altogether. Such a remedy seems to us as bad as the complaint. One possible solution is offered by the privately operated excursion boats carrying upwards of 2000 people...
...clock tonight. The men headed a great parade of undergraduates who cheered all the way to the station. Before the crew's departure, a monster mass meeting was held, at which the members of the rowing committee and cheer leaders made rousing speeches to the undergraduate body. The oarsmen left amid an outburst of wild enthusiasm. The shell was packed for the trip at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The crew will take the midnight train from New York tonight, after Coach Ward joins them there. The men are in the best of condition and Pennsylvania's prospects are excellent