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Today the Weld Boat Club eight will row a practice race with the Boston Athletic Association crew...
...Yale crew which is to race in the Henley regatta sailed from New York on Saturday. Besides the coaches, Bob Cook and ex-Captain Armstrong, the following men were taken, Captain Treadway, Langford, Simpson, McLongacre, Bailey, Rodgers, Beard and Brown, and substitutes Wheelwright, Whitney, Mills and Clarke. The crew expects to row from 38 to 40 strokes per minute at Henley. They will try to get the lead at the start and hold it. The eighteen days which they will have in England before the race will be devoted to mastering the Henley course and its turns...
Stanley Hollister '97 comes from Santa Barbara, California, where he prepared at the Berkeley School. He is rowing at No. 2. During his Freshman year he rowed at No. 2. Last year Hollister rowed in the 'Varsity boat until within a few days of the race, but was obliged to stop because of sickness. He is 5 ft. 11 in. in height, weighs 178 lbs. and is 21 years...
Charles C. Bull '98, substitute, comes from San Francisco, where he graduated from the Belmont School. Last year he rowed at No. 4 in the Freshman boat, but this year he was taken to the 'Varsity after the class race. Bull is 20 years old, is 5 ft. 10 in. in height and weighs 170 pounds...
Frederick Lothrop Ames '98, substitute, of Boston, prepared for college at Groton. Last year he rowed at No. 6 and captained the Freshman crew. This year he rowed again on his class crew until after the race, when he was taken to the 'Varsity. He is 21 years old, weighs 175 pounds, and is 5 ft. 11 in. in height...