Word: rivers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...orders of the two University crews were considerably changed yesterday. Filley, who has been rowing 6 on the first crew since the beginning of work on the river, took Brownell's place at stroke, Smith, stroke on the second crew, succeeding Filley at 6. In the absence of Duffy, who was unexpectedly called to New York, Swaim rowed...
...somewhat impeded of late by the sickness of three members of the squad. Filley and Lawson have had the grip, and Dillingham has been unable to row on account of a felon on his finger. All three of the men are now better, however, and will be on the river again by the last of the week. The changes necessitated by their absence have had a tendency to make the boat unsteady; but this fault was more or less over come in yesterday's long row. All three crews went over the four mile course to the Union Boat Club...
...make-up of the Junior and Sophomore crews has been considerably changed lately, but they have nevertheless improved greatly in the last few days. The Law School crew has not attempted to adopt the new stroke introduced this year; but in spite of their brief period on the river they are rowing very well...
...three upperclass crews have been rowing regularly on the river since the first of last week, and are now under the direction of their respective graduate coaches, J. Lawrence '01, H. Bancroft '97, and J. F. Perkins '99. All three crews have established training tables and hard work will begin at once for the class race, which is only a little over two weeks...
...close of the first week of rowing on the river, no less than eighteen crews are going out daily from the two boathouses. The "John Harvard" has been launched, and will be in commission as soon as the boiler has been inspected. The "Veritas" is being over-hauled and will be launched in a few days. Beginning last Monday, the University crew squad has been rowing in barges. Three provisional eights have been maintained with little change during the week, the remainder of the squad rowing in pair-oars. The stroke has been kept very slow, seldom above...