Word: oarsmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Oarsmen Meet Tonight...
...most apparent result of this initial period of activity on the Charles is the better organization of all eights, both University and Freshman. Class crews are being sifted into combinations representing a more careful grading of the material than was possible in the first seating assignment; the 150-pound oarsmen are being watched with a view to determining definite light eights to continue on till next spring, while Dr. Howe, with the aid of D. B. Hull 3S.A. and Wendell Davis '20, has already made changes in the boating of his Freshman shells...
Featuring the rowing yesterday afternoon was a race between the Sophomore A and B class crews. This was the first formal brush this fall, and both sets of oarsmen showed plainly the effects of early-season racing. Crew A won the verdict by a clean length, but B was always close enough to make competition of the keenest throughout...
...assumed charge of the two University eights Each was given a long row down river and a higher stroke was tried for the greater part of the distance. The finish is one of the phases of the stroke which is being especially emphasized at present, and the University oarsmen are beginning to show a marked advance in this department...
...will be on the water daily, except Saturday, from 3 to 5 o'clock, and any member of the University is at liberty to consult him with regard to rowing between these hours. As far as possible Coach Wachter will divide his time between the upper-class and Freshman oarsmen...