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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...university crew yesterday tried a novel style of rigging the boat. They had the stroke on the starboard side and all the port men were moved back one number. Thus Jones '92 was stroke, Goddard 7, Upham 6, Tilton 5, Perkins 4, Watriss 3, Hutchison 2, Hartridge bow. The crew looked about as well as usual but Jones was a trifle slow to get his oar into the water at stroke...
...other and the strains equal. But in eight oars the outriggers are not opposite but alternate so that the strains put upon the stroke and bow oars are not balanced by any corresponding strains. As a consequence nearly every boat twists with use in such a manner that the port side near the stern and the starboard side near the bow are lowered, i. e. the boat assumes the shape of a screw. The cross bracing devised by the builders of the past year is simply a scheme to prevent this twisting. Mr. Davy's boat looks very well...
...past week several changes have taken place in the 'varsity crew. Hartridge, '90, has been sick for some days and has not been rowing. Watriss, '92, and Powers, '92, have been rowing quite regularly in the boat; Powers always at No. 2 and Watriss at every place on the port side, On Monday the crew rowed in the gymnasium, Mr. Keyes coaching. Tuesday they went down to the river: Hartridge being absent, Watriss got in at 2 and Finlay at 4. The day was excessively windy and the water rough, but they rowed down almost to the Harvard bridge...
...Keyes '87 coached from a pair-oar which he steered. They went up a few hundred yards above the stonecutter's wharf at a stroke of 22 or 23 to the minute. The form of the crew was an improvement over their work on Tuesday, but the port side caught the water sooner than the starboard and the port men being more powerful the boat gave a vicious lurch to starboard every stroke. Yesterday the crew rowed up as far as the Brighton abattoir; Tilton rowing 6 and Watriss stroke. The disparity between the sides was diminished but the rowing...
...upon the river but rowed in the gymnasium. Mr. Keyes was present and coached. Following are the names and latest weights: Starboard crew-Goddard stroke, 181.5; Jones 7, 162; Tilton 6, 191.5; Upham 5, 190; Watriss 4, 164.5; Perkins 3, 167.5; Powers 2, 159.5 (Hartridge 155); Keyes bow, 175. Port crew-Hartridge (Powers) stroke; Pulsifer 7, 172.5; Finlay 6, 193; Nelson 4, 124; Herrick 163. Today the crew will row at 12.10 in order to go to the winter meeting...