Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...crews will line up for the start 90 feet apart from bow to stern, and the starting positions will be indicated by buoys, placed in the river at the proper intervals. Number one in each division will be farthest away from the bridge. A series of three shots will be fired for a starting signal. Between the first and second shots there will be two minutes, and between the second and third one minute. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore, and bumps will be signalled, either through a megaphone...
...important that the coxswains study the chart of the river and observe the rules. All bumps must be made on the outside. Each crew must keep to the inside course in rounding a curve to give the crew behind a chance to bump. A crew that disregards this rule will be considered bumped...
...held last year, and from the racing these two days, the four best crews will be picked by Coach Wray and Captain Richardson. These crews will compete in a final level race on the 1 7-8 miles course in the basin on Thursday for the championship of the river...
...more regular about reporting on time, and Coaches Brown and Stephenson profess themselves satisfied with the progress the crews are making. Stoughton, Mount Auburn Street and Claverly continue to be the most promising crews under the supervision of Coach Brown Stoughton is probably the most powerful crew on the river, and averages between 160 and 165 pounds. However, their rowing is rough and unfinished, and in a long race, would tell against them. Mount Auburn Street, on the other hand, rows in better form, and pulls a livelier stroke, but fails in point of power. The Claverly eight contains several...
Hereafter, the following rules of the river must be strictly obeyed...