Word: river
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crew squad held its first fall practice on the river yesterday afternoon. The men were divided into three crews, which paddled up stream in easy stretches, followed by Coach Wray in the launch. The crews were made up as follows...
...Lewis writes pleasantly of "The Call of the River." He evidently feels the call himself and sometimes but not always conveys it to his reader...
...other crews the afternoon's work was light. The Freshman eight paddled two miles slowly after the University crew had left the river and both the four-oars had light work. In the morning, however, the Freshman four was sent a mile on time, covering the distance in 5 minutes, 47 seconds, and the half-mile in 2 minutes, 55 seconds. The crew rowed hard all the way, but the time is not considered particularly encouraging. The University four-oared also rowed on the course in the morning. They did not try for speed, but were sent over the first...
Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 9, 1908.--All the crews here had comparatively light work today on account of the high wind that kept the water rough. In the morning both eights and the four-oared crews crossed the river and rowed slowly over the first mile of the course, keeping close under the lee of the opposite bank. Coach Wray followed the crews in his single scull...
...afternoon the work was a little longer. The University eight appeared on the river at 6 o'clock and went down to the Navy Yard and back in short stretches, a distance of about four miles. The rate of stroke was kept as low as 26 all the way, and considerable attention was paid to blade work in the rough water. The shell spaced well and as a whole the crew rowed in good form...