Word: racing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Very few students were aware that an event of some importance in boating would take place yesterday afternoon, and consequently few saw the mile race between the junior and the university crews. The tide was flowing in, and the wind was blowing from the starboard side, so that neither of the crews made very fast time. In the start at the Brookline bridge, eighty-six, by rowing a very fast stroke, man aged to lead the university crew for a short time. Gradually, however, the superior skill and muscle of the latter crew brought it to the front. When...
...first look at the rowing, Harvard's favorite sport, and see from what a curious chaos it has sprung. Starting with a heavy eight-oared barge, in 1844, in which the club sometimes took ladies rowing, the first race with Yale was won after only four days' practice. To-day we see races planned a year ahead, men practising an hour every day, rowing on artificial machines, running and exercising with weights and dumb-bells. Then, they trusted to their strength and endurance only, to pull their boat ahead of their New Haven rivals. Now, the Harvard stroke, making...
...taking notice of the second freshman eight. In a few days, however, we hope to have ready a criticism of them as well as of the university crew. The three upper class crews have about the same number of experienced men, and stand equally good chances of winning the race. The seniors are naturally the favorites as they have had longer experience, and, perhaps, because it has become customary of late years for the senior crew to win the class races. Moreover, as this is the last opportunity for eighty-five to retrieve her bedimmed rowing record, it is expected...
...freshman crew, more than any other, shows the need of a regular coach. The crew is still rowing on stationary seats, and slowly learning how to pull the oar blades through the water. The crew can hardly be expected to take better than fourth place in the class races. There is, however, good material in the two eights for a crew, which ought to be in good shape by the time of the race with the Columbia freshman crew...
...exception, in training, and also several very promising candidates, who, although they have not rowed before, are making the competition for places in the boat very sharp. The work done by the crew thus far is very encouraging, and a good showing is expected from them in the race...