Word: regattas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...were called out the second day after College opened and worked steadily till October 30, the last day of the fall regatta. The first two University crews, crew A and crew B, were very nearly equal all during the season. The third and fourth crews were known as the first Eliot and Thayer crews, with the remainder, ten graded crews, divided into the Eliot and Thayer clubs. Under fairly strenuous training the men rounded into shape rapidly under the supervision of Coach Wray. Special attention was given to perfecting a slow, hard stroke, with particular emphasis on an easy recovery...
...Regatta Begins...
...October 22 the coxswains of the first two crews exchanged boats in order to make the crews still more even, Kreger taking Crew B and Cameron going to Crew A. A hard week's work then followed in preparation for the fall regatta which began on October 27. On this day the fifth Eliot defeated the fifth Thayer crew by a scant length. On the following day the third Eliot crew finished first in the race for the Filley Cup, the third and fourth Thayer eights getting second and third respectively. On the last day of the regatta crews...
...dormitory crews showed rapid advancement after the first few weeks and by the time the fall regatta was held they were rowing in very good form. On the first day of this regatta, October 27, the third Gore crew led the third Standish crew by three-quarters of a length with the Smith boat a close third. In the second crew races, held the following day, the dormitory boats finished in the same order. In the first crew races on October 29, the Standish crew led the Gore boat by a half a length, Smith finishing a length...
...speakers at the dinner will be L. Saltonstall '14, captain of the victorious crew; H. A. Murray, Jr., '15, captain of the University crew; Dr. P. Withington '09, captain of the Union Boat Club Henley crew which met the Harvard crew in the final heat of the English regatta; O. Filley '06, captain of the University crew in 1906 which defeated Yale only to be beaten by the Cambridge University crew on the Thames; and R. F. Herrick '90, chairman of the Harvard Graduate Rowing Committee, who had charge of the Henley crew after it left the hands of Coach...