Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Weld Crew, which was mentioned as having the best chance for the fall races, has not been seen on the river this week...
...this time I caught sight of the "Varsity" again, as they swept down the river, helped on by the tide; and as, after shooting the bridge, the stroke quickened and the boat came swiftly towards the float, a voice at my elbow said, with a strong Scotch accent, "The lads is pulling a bit hard to-night," and the bluff old boat-builder smiled approval. "Let her run!" comes sharp and clear from the boat, the machine-like action stops, the boat glides up to the float, out come the oars, and eight hearty-looking fellows after them, - fellows full...
...visit about thirty fellows had come down; some to see the "Varsity" go out, and others to row. A few sixes and fours had put off, and were rowing down the river. These, with the few singles, suggested what a lively sight there might be if the fifty or sixty boats that are lying on the rests were on the river, and a few hundred more students of "the first University in the country" would think it a greater accomplishment to swing an oar than to roll a cigarette...
...will find us in as good condition as we were last year. We would, however, warn our athletes not to be over confident; we would remind them that, although prestige is an excellent thing in its way, it will not win victories in the ball-field and on the river, unless backed by continued hard labor. In the game with Tufts, as in the games we have played before, it was shown that in the modern game of foot-ball perfect knowledge of one another and entire unity of action play a far more important part than length of limb...
...Charles River Course, Saturday...