Word: rowe
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crew took advantage of the warm weather and smooth water yesterday for a hard row over the mile and seven-eighths course in the basin in preparation for the Columbia race. No time was taken as the crew stopped short of the regular distance. A racing start was made at about 38 strokes to the minute, and for the rest of the distance the crew rowed at about 31, until when nearing the finish the stroke was put up again. The boat seemed to space well between strokes, but did not go so smoothly when the stroke was high...
...election of class crew captains will be held at the Weld Boat Club today just before the regular time for the different crews to row. All rowing at present on their first class crew, including the coxswain, and all on the second or third crews who went to New London with their Freshman crew squad, are eligible to vote...
...expected that within a few weeks the Oxford crew will decide whether it would race Harvard in the event of a Harvard victory over Yale. It is understood that Yale will not row in England whatever the outcome of the Harvard race. Whether the University crew would make the trip to England if it defeated Yale has not yet been decided...
During the week the University and Freshman crews, have been out regularly, but the wind has been so high that most of the work has been done upstream, although the University crew took a long row in the basin on Wednesday. On Tuesday there was a second cut in the University squad, two eights being retained. The work of the crew has been harder this week in view of the fact that the race with Columbia comes on April 17. The boat has a tendency to rise and fall instead of gliding smoothly and evenly, and Coach Wray has been...
...weather and rough water of the past week considerably handicapped all the crews rowing from the University and Weld boathouses. On Thursday all the crews were confined to the machines. Wednesday and Friday, however, were about the best days for rowing so far this season. On Tuesday Hooper was given a try-out at No. 5 in the University crew, owing to the sickness of L. Withington, who was unable to row on account of a slight poisoning in the back of his hand. On Wednesday P. Withington went in at No. 5 and Hooper returned...