Word: rowe
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Fall rowing for this year has ended and the floats at the boat houses have been taken up. During the season more men have been on the river than in any previous year, owing to the new system of bumping races, which gave every man an opportunity to row for the sake of the sport. Two University crews have been out every day except Saturday, one Freshman crew, and an average of 15 dormitory eights...
...order of these two crews, however, was at no time fixed, but practice in various combinations was held in order to prove which was most effective. At the beginning of of the year the squad was made up of the following men, the first eight in order rowing on the first crew: Filley, Newhall, Bacon, Richardson, Fish, Fahnestock, Tappan, Burchard, Morgan, Amberg, Glass, Warren, Emmons, Corlett, Gill, Wiggins. These crews reported every day except Saturday, until November 9. Special attention has been given to the individual men, but an effort has also been made to choose as a whole...
...system of dormitory crews, inaugurated this year, proved very successful. Sixteen crews in all, with an average of 15 daily, rowed for a period of five weeks. At the end of this time the three day bumping races were found to be a very satisfactory way of showing the relative strength of the crews, and had the advantage of allowing every crew to row every day, even when beaten. Besides being a pleasure to the men involved, the races were of value to the University, for the coaches have watched the work of each man, and it is probable that...
...picture of the Yale squad the leading players may be found as follows: From left to right, in the top row,--fourth man, Veeder; fifth, Levine; sixth, Roome; ninth, Hockenberger; next to last, H. Jones, in the second row from the top,--third man; Bigelow; beginning with the fifth, Erwin, Tripp, Shevlin, Flanders, Forbes, and Flinn; in the third row from the top, beginning with the fifth man,--Cates, Hutchinson, Morse, T. Jones...
...position twice, and was bumped once; Holworthy-Stoughton made two bumps, held its position once, and was not bumped; the Mt. Auburn street crew made no bumps, was bumped once, and remained in last place for two races; Dunster-Drayton made no bumps, was bumped twice, and did not row in the third race. The races in Division B were as follows: Matthews made no bumps, held its position at the head of the river three times, and was not bumped; Thayer made one bump, held its position twice, and was not bumped; Perkins-Conant made no bumps, held...