Word: oarsmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Haven, Conn, January 24--Although the 1929 Yale oarsmen are taking advantage of the open water and row on the Housatonic, the University crew will make no attempt to follow them, as reported recently, but will keep up work in the tanks in the University Gymnasium until a permanent break in the ice comes, it was announced here today...
...winter training for Freshman oarsmen is an innovation started by Coach George Murphy, and has enabled the eights to get out on the river every day last week, although they were driven to shelter by a cold rainstorm on one occasion. They plan to continue, their daily outdoor workouts until ice prevents...
...race with Princeton in the spring will be the first in three years, the last one having been rowed against both Annapolis and Princeton in 1923, and won by the Navy. For the next two years conflicting dates prevented any contest with the Tiger oarsmen, but by exerting special efforts this year the committee were able to agree on a satisfactory date...
Another change has been the dropping of Crew Y from the University crews. The best oarsmen from the combined Crews X and Y have been assigned places on boat X, and the remaining men have been dropped to the Class Crews. This cut did not affect the class races which took place on Friday afternoon. These were won by Junior Crew B, second place being taken by both Junior A and Sophomore A in a tie, and fourth by Sophomore Crew...
...Freshman oarsmen number 227, including those who signed up for single sculling as well as thase who applied for rowing in crews. About 175 men, upper classmen and Freshmen, have been on the water in regular attendance so far. The rest, who are now working under Coach Haines on the machines, will venture out on the river a few at a time, beginning next Monday...