Word: roughs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Brown being ill was replaced by Fitzgerald in the freshman boat, and as Glidden had an examination and could not row Kernan took his place at 3 in the morning practice. The freshmen did not row in the afternoon on account of rough water but took a two mile run up the track instead. A new rubber sent from Cambridge arrived today. J. J. Storrow '85 is expected on Saturday...
...Poughkeepsie yesterday was a change at 2 in the 'Varsity boat, where Bull took Thomson's place, in order to give the latter a rest. In the morning the work was poor, but in the afternoon Bull got into the swing, and the boat travelled well in spite of rough water. A three-mile stretch was rowed, followed by short spurts, in which the crew started by stroke's oar without the word...
...Owing to rough water the Yale crew were obliged to defer their four mile time row on Saturday...
...Central, reaching Poughkeepsie at 2 in the afternoon. A tug was chartered to take the men and the shells up to the quarters, and in the afternoon both crews practiced rowing short stretches for a while, Mr. Lehmann coaching from one of the tubs, as the launch, owing to rough water on the Hudson, did not appear until Friday...
...course is a fine four-mile stretch. The 'Varsity are rowing in the '99 shell and the Freshman in the Clasper boat. All the men are well and in good spirits. The Freshmen are now showing continued improvement, after somewhat unsatisfactory work on Thursday, largely due to the rough water...