Word: racing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same University crew that won the first practice race of the season Tuesday under the name of Crew C was triumphant again yesterday under the well-earned title of Crew A. Only one change was made in the winning crew, Perkins being on the stroke seat in place of Hall...
...victorious eight did not have such an easy time winning yesterday's race as it did on Tuesday. For more than a mile the crews were nearly on even terms. Going under the Harvard Bridge, three-quarters of a mile from the start, Crew A and Crew C, stroked by Norton, were neck and neck, with Crew D, with, Hall setting the pace, half a length behind. Slowly, however, the eventual winners pulled ahead. From the Henley mark to the finish the distance widened, until at the end Crew A was a length and a quarter ahead of Crew...
...After a race which will be held tomorrow or the first of next week the crews which at present compose the 150 pound crew squad will be reorganized and given a definite ranking by Coach C. S. Heard...
...which has ever reported for lightweight rowing and with this wealth of material, the possibilities of a winning eight are unusually good. The men have been developing rapidly and though no definite ranking has as yet been given the boats, a seating arrangement should be made after the next race in which there should be but few changes during the rest of the season. It has not yet been decided, however, whether one or two of the light weight eighths will be taken to Kent during spring vacation...
...three crews which Coach Brown has retained on the A squad will race over the basin course this afternoon for the second time this week if weather conditions are not prohibitive. Since the race on Tuesday afternoon eight men have been dropped to squad B and it is expected that Monday will see the first squad reduced to two crews. The three eights which will clash in the basin tomorrow are as follows...