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Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting a suitable stroke for the crew. W. B. Peet, last year's stroke was at first tried, but since last season some of the men have grown considerably and have a much longer reach than then, and it was decided that while Peet had all the other qualifications of a first-class stroke, the interests of the college would be best served by putting a man in who could set a longer stroke. B. Lockwood, Jr., one of the most useful members of 1 st year's crew, was next tried in that position...
...eight has been made as follows : Bow, Dempsey, School of Law; 2, Berkins, School of Law; 3, Hart, '86, School of Arts; 4, Meikleham, '86, School of Arts, captain; 5, Beckwith, '87, School of Mines; 6, Lawrence, '86, School of Arts; 7, De Witt, '86, School of Arts; stroke, Peet, School of Medicine; coxswain, H. S. Dormitzer. The crew is an entirely new one, no one of them ever having rowed before in the university boat. The five men from 3 to 7, inclusive, were members of eighty-six's freshman crew...
Stroke, W. B. Peet...
...class races Saturday at Mott Haven, '85 won, coming in in 11.45, two and a quarter lengths ahead of '83. The winning crew rowed as follows: W. C. Cushman, (bow), E. Hunt, C. B. Crowell, E. P. Frame, R. L. Lee, E. P. Whitman, G. B. Lee, W. B. Peet, (stroke), H. S. Dormitzer, (cox). '84 came in last...
...freshmen have been working much better since they have gotten on the river, and they are now doing fairly well. The men trying for places in the eight are as follows : Brandman, Cassidy, Dowling, Frame, Hunt, Ladew, Lee, McAdam, Peet, Partridge and Whitman - eleven in all. At present they are rowing in the old barge, but will probably get into their shell in two or three weeks. - [Columbia Spectator...