Word: rowe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nearest rival over the mile course by a length and a quarter. The second Norton Boat Club crew was expected to give the Freshmen a strong fight but one of the men in the club boat shipped his oar in the first few strokes and had to row the rest of the race with his oar loose in the lock. As it was, the West Lynn Boat Club furnished strong opposition, keeping close to the yearlings all the way and fighting for every inch of the length and a quarter which the Freshmen opened up on them. Exeter took third...
Coach Haines gave his men their last hard row before the Cornell race over the mile and seven-eighths course yesterday paced by the second Freshmen for the Henley distance and the first yearling eight for the rest of the distance...
...Junior University and Sophomore Class crews have been rowing together lately and will race on the Basin tomorrow in the final hard row the Sophomores will get before their race against Yale on Saturday...
Practice yesterday in preparation for today's race consisted of a short row with frequent spurts, alternating with paddles at a very low stroke. Coach Howe paying special attention to the in board work, and leg work, striving to perfect the final push with the legs-the biggest aid in making the boat run well between strokes...
...between the two light 1924' eight has been very keen and there never has really been any "first" or "second" 150-pound boat. In a race over the half-mile course on the Charles early this week the judges decided that the finish was a dead heat, and since rowing conditions have been too poor for a test since then, the flip of a coin decided that the crew captained by Francis Mason would go. The line-up of the crew is as follows; Row, J. J. Phelan 2,J. G. Flint; 3. Francis Mason; 4. R. R. Fiero...