Word: river
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...afternoon, although the wind was very high, Mr. Lehmann had the crew paddle by fours across the river to a comparatively calm stretch under the lee shore opposite Krum Elbow. Here the crew paddled along the shore with frequent bursts of speed. One stretch of two minutes of rowing was tried, in which the crew maintained a stroke of 38 throughout. The rest of the time was spent in comparatively easy rowing...
...trip back to the boat house serious difficulties were met with from the high sea that was running in the river. Fortunately a washboard had been put on the shell a few days before; but, as it was, the crew narrowly escaped swamping...
...Mile Bicycle Race (run on the Charles River Track...
...trip by the Fall River boat to New York was uneventful. The crews arrived at 7 a. m., and, after breakfasting at the Manhattan Hotel, took the train on the New York Central, reaching Poughkeepsie at 2 in the afternoon. A tug was chartered to take the men and the shells up to the quarters, and in the afternoon both crews practiced rowing short stretches for a while, Mr. Lehmann coaching from one of the tubs, as the launch, owing to rough water on the Hudson, did not appear until Friday...
Both crews retired early Thursday night, breakfasting at 8 Friday morning and going out on the river at 9.30, where they practiced starts and short-time rows, coached from the launch. Owing to their English A exam. in the afternoon the Freshmen lunched at 12.45 instead of at 1.30. At 5.30 tubs were used by both crews, and then the 'Varsity went out in the eight...