Word: piers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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About noon, yesterday, the students began to assemble upon the pier of the West Boston Bridge, where the little fleet of tugs had already gathered. At half-past twelve the Wm.Sprague, with the referee, press representatives, and 'varsity crew and nine on board left the bridge and steamed up to the railroad bridge at Brookline, followed by the Elsie, flying the yellow and black pennant of the sophomores, the Mattie Sargent, aboard which the freshmen were assembled under their red and white colors, and the Curlew, upon which was a large party of undergraduates and ladies. Upon reaching the bridge...
...noonday sun, and sees the hooks and lines of innumerable lazy fishermen and the naked legs of bathers in the floating baths. It floats in the cold moonlight and bobs aimlessly against the bottoms of the anchored boats, thump, thump, thump, gently and aimlessly. It drifts against a pier, and the purpled fingers are actually washed against a rope which is dangling into the water; but they cannot grasp It-indeed, it is doubtful if they wish to; what can be pleasanter than this aimless, dreamy floating? It is baptised with the unspeakable filth of a dozen sewers which discharge...
...crew won by about a fourth of a boat length, in 1 min. 15 3-4 secs., followed by '85, while the '86 crew, coming in fourth, kept the position it took last May in the class races. The bow of the winning boat was stove against a stone pier at the finish, due either to the boat's momentum or the coxswain's elation over victory, and consequent carelessness. The rowing of Mumford, '87, stroke of this crew, won universal praise. The winners were: bow, Parker, '86; Dewey, '86; Brooks, '87; Rantoul, '87; Fisk, '87; Baum, 87; Burgess...
...course. This has proved inconvenient in more ways than one, the crews have been unable to get very near the referee, and on such a large boat as a steam tug the officer in question cannot easily move around among the boats, but must lie moored at the pier until the race is started. In former years there has always been more or less complaint about both on the part of referees and crews. Yesterday's trouble was only a repetition of this old rule. Today, we hope, will see the remedy. The managers of the boat club have placed...
...there a foot of clear water between the boats; but first one boat, and then the other would be ahead. It recalls the race between '82 and '83 two years ago, in which the for mer crew won by about were prepared to witness the race from the pier of the railroad bridge, and in all kinds of conveyances. Many had gathered at the Union boat-house, mostly '84 men, who welcomed their crew with repeated cheers. Fast time was not to be expected, as the tide had been running in for about an hour, and a moderate wind...