Word: racing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...splendidly contested race, the University crew defeated Annapolis on the Severn last Wednesday, leading at the finish by half a length. The winning time was 10m. 31s., and the time of the Navy crew...
Next Wednesday afternoon the University crew will row its first race again the Naval Academy on the Severn. The race will be rowed over a two-mile course and will probably be rowed down stream at 3.30, depending on weather conditions. The crew, with Morgan as substitute, Coach Wray and Manager Howes, arrived at Annapolis yesterday morning. They got out on the water at 4.30, and paddled up over the course in short stretches, accompanied by Coach Wray in a single. After coming in, the men took a run before dinner. The order of the crew is as follows: Stroke...
...Harvard Club of Maryland has chartered a boat to follow the race. The boat will start from the foot of Broadway, Baltimore, at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Lunch will be served on board and the party will be returned to Baltimore after the race. Several naval officers and guests of the club will be on boards and all graduates and undergraduates and their guests are invited to join the party. The cost of the trip, including lunch, will be $3 each. Those who wish to join the party should apply to Geo. W. Taylor, 701 Maryland Trust Building, Baltimore...
...only men who rowed in the Poughkeepsie regatta last June. Leighton has been out of the boat for some time on account of an injury to his hand which he sustained while on duty in one of the ship drills, but has recovered sufficiently to row in the race next Wednesday. The position of stroke, made vacant by the loss of Ingram who was perhaps the greatest factor in the success of the crew last year, has been the most difficult to fill. Kinkaid, the new stroke, is big and powerful, but lacks experience, as he has never stroked before...
Annapolis will row in the race in the same order that it has had in practice for some weeks. The following list gives the order and weights of the men, the average age being 20 years, 4 months, and the average weight being 166 1-2 pounds, which is considerably less than the Harvard eight. Stroke, Kinkaid, 160; 7, Leighton, 179; 6, Rockwell (capt.), 173; 5, Richardson, 160; 4, Bagg, 163; 3, Magruder, 173; 2, Ainsworth, 160; bow, Davis, 164; cox., Roberts...