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...clock. Smith 2 led Smith 1 and Standish 1 across the finish by a full length. The Standish crew kept well up with the winners till near the end, when a series of disastrous crabs effectually extinguished their chances for victory. Gore Hall One broke a seat and rigger in the first five strokes at the start and was agreed to drop out of the contest...
William Lutz, for the past few years rigger for the University crews, is at present engaged in building an eight-oared shell, which is probably to be used by the University crew this spring, Lutz, who was connected with Davy, the well known shipbuilder for ten years, is constructing the boat on a plan made by Crowningshield, the yacht designer...
Charles Hart, known to all Harvard rowing men since 1888, as the expert boat rigger of the University and Freshman crews, left the service of the University on Saturday after 30 years of faithful and efficient service. An appreciation of his work in connection with Harvard rowing will shortly appear in the Alumni Bulletin...
This afternoon the eight will take a practice spin over the Housatonic course which is but a few miles from New Haven. Charlie Hart, the University boat-rigger, who has been in New Haven since the first of the week, has completed the refitting of a Yale shell with oarlock riggers in place of the latter's tholepin arrangement. On Thursday and Friday there will be stiff workouts both morning and afternoon with a short run scheduled for Saturday morning...
Charlie Hart, the University boat-rigger, who has been at Princeton for the past week, has satisfactorily completed the work of altering the Princeton 1915 shell from a starboard to a port stroke arrangement, so that it will be unnecessary for the University to transport a shell to Lake Carnegie. Both the University and 1921 crews will use the same re-rigged shell, the race for the Freshman crews being scheduled before that for the University eights. Minor alterations in the rigging to suit the University eight will be made in the interval between the races...