Word: picks
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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About twenty-five men started work for the Junior team last week, but the squad has since been cut down to less than half. Only three vacancies have to be filled and with fair material to pick from, the team should prove at least as effective as it was a year...
...nature. The early problem of procuring new material to fill the many vacancies left by last year's players was quickly decided, and from that time on the development of the team has progressed with unusual rapidity. Owing to the marked ability of certain candidates it was possible to pick the team comparitively early in the season, and as the men were thus enabled to play steadily together, team work has become the principal feature of the play...
...crews appear to be fairly evenly matched. The Weld have had fewer changes made during the season than the Newell crews and consequently row better together. Also there has been more material to pick from at the Weld, although the first Newell has more experienced oarsmen than the first Weld. The chief fault of the first Weld is its slow, lifeless stroke, which causes the men to hang at the full reach and to lack leg-drive. The first Newell has more snap, but is inclined to slump and to wash out at the finish...
...number of Freshmen have joined the Weld Boat Club since last Monday, so that the squad now includes four eights ad two four oars. At the Newell, there are five Freshman crews, but only four went out yesterday. AT neither club has there yet been sufficient opportunity to pick out the best men. The first is the only crew at the Weld that has been really graded and, at the Newell, the Freshmen are merely divided into five squads. Wray coached the Weld Freshmen from a single for about an hour yesterday. Vail has not yet returned to coach...
...contests will be arranged with Dummer Academy and other available teams. As usual the class games will be held in the spring. This year, however, an endeavor will be made to play off these games at an earlier date than heretofore in order that there may be time to pick a University team before the April recess...