Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...having some difficulty in getting men to help him. Finally, Mr. Carpenter and I assisted him in laying out a plan for the work of his crew. One feature of that plan is slow rowing in barges. Aside from the fact that during the first few weeks on the river, any man has all he can attend to in handling his oar properly in and out of the water even while rowing easily, racing in barges is about as good practice for a crew as racing in rubber boots would be for sprint-runners. Barges are only necessary evils...
...unusually large number of men are rowing in single shells on the river at present...
...Columbia 'Varsity crew rowed on the Harlem river last Saturday for the first time this spring...
Just a year ago today the crews went on the river for the first time...
...university, two freshman and the three class crews were on the river yesterday. J. Storrow coached the university crew and Alexander the freshmen crew...