Word: racing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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With the departure of the crew for Red Top the final stage of preparation for the Yale race has begun. It cannot be denied that an unusual amount of hard luck has fallen to the lot of the crew authorities this year. Sickness, bad weather, and the difficulty of choosing the best men for certain positions, have all had their share in postponing the final selection of an eight. The Columbia race was unsatisfactory, but in the contest on Lake Cayuga, handicapped though they were, the men showed what they could do on an unfamiliar course, and under adverse conditions...
...first and second Freshman four-oar crews had another half-mile race yesterday afternoon downstream over the straight stretch below the Brighton bridge. The order was the same as on the previous day, except that the strokes were interchanged, Maxwell being put in the first crew, and Meyer in the second. The first crew, which was able to maintain a higher stroke, gradually forged ahead, finishing about a length in front of the second crew...
...University four-oars held two short races of about a half-mile each yesterday afternoon. The crew stroked by Lunt won both of these races by several lengths. Second place in the first race was taken by Morgan's crew; in the second race by Wentworth...
...boat race yesterday afternoon between three four-oared crews made up of men on the University squad was easily won by the crew stroked by G. G. Bacon '08. A second race between three four-oared Freshman crews was won by Maxwell's crew...
...HAVEN, June 4, 1907-The Yale University and freshman crew squads will leave New Haven for Gales Ferry this afternoon on the 2.47 o'clock train, and there will begin regular practice for the race with Harvard on June 27. The freshman rowing order has not been definitely decided upon, but the university eight is composed as follows...