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...number of candidates for position on the Cornell 'varsity crew has been reduced to twenty-six. Not all of these men have gone into regular training, owing to press of college work. Freeborn, Troy, Slade, Tatum, Spillman, and Roe have all rowed on former crews either in this country or England. Beside these, there are several promising men, some of whom have been members or substitutes on class crews. With six of the old men back again in the boat it is felt that a strong crew will be turned out this year...
Today the crew, comprising Roe, Hamilton, Hager, Freeborn, Shape, Bentley, Louis and Hall (stroke), were out, but did not do much work, only going a short distance below Fawley Court and back, and then turning down stream a little way. Manager Francis observed that Freeborn was clipping his stroke somewhat at the finish...
This evening the Cornell crew rowed a series of races against an untrained scratch crew made up of members of the Henley Club. In the Cornell boat were Matthews, Bentley, Roe, Freeborn, Shape, Hall, Louis, H. Hamilton(stroke). On the way down the Americans had the lead, but at the start, the boats were even. The Henley crew then immediately began to draw away, and were a quarter of a length ahead by the time they had pulled sixteen strokes, when they stopped rowing, having broken a rowlock string...
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...general ability will also be a requisite. Hence membership can hardly fail to be a much sought for honor. The following committee from the class was elected to act in conjunction with a committee from the Faculty to look into the matter with power to act: J. W. Roe of Brooklyn, I. W. Greer of Central Village, Conn., and F. E. Newton of Buckingham, Conn...