Word: oarsmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Basin to paddle over the old course from St. Mary's street to the Harvard Bridge. The Jayvee and third University crews, stroked by P. H. Watts '31 and R. L. Pearson '31 respectively, went over the distance together at a relatively low beat, while the first string oarsmen paced by James Lawrence, Jr. '29, followed at a higher stroke. The crews then continued to the West Boston Bridge where several changes were made in the seating of the second and third eights...
...temporary addition of nearly a dozen members of the class crew squad to Coach Brown's University squad for three days of rowing has given rise to a large amount of shifting of oarsmen in an attempt to select the best first and second University eights as well as five upperclassmen for the combination crew. Yesterday three revamped crews took a long workout and several additional substitutes were shifted from the coaching launch to the shells during the course of the afternoon...
...Jayvees. None of the present shifts can be regarded as permanent for the first and second crews may present a far different aspect on the Thames from the one now seen on the Charles. The first and second crews will be de finitely selected soon after the oarsmen have completed their last workout on the Charles tomorrow. When they depart for Red Top on Sunday the seatings will probably be in their permanent state barring any unusual development during the three weeks of training at New Haven
Philadelphia, May 24--The Harvard 150-pound crew and the third University eight will be up against crack crews in these classes when they race over the Henley course on the Schuylkill River here tomorrow. Gathered for competition in the American Henley are oarsmen from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Navy, and Pennsylvania...
...services of Donough Prince '31, flashy stroke man, whose place will be taken by T. N. Perkins, Jr. '31. J.Q. Adams '31 will take the latter's seat at No. 2 and the rearranged crew will meet a crucial test when it lines up with the crack New York oarsmen...