Word: rowe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...crew squad, consisting of 11 oarsmen, a rigger, Manager Blanchard, and Coach Stevens left Boston at 7.30 o'clock last night for Annapolis, where the Crimson eight will race the Naval Academy and Syracuse tomorrow afternoon. The Cambridge squad will not arrive in Annapolis in time for a morning row, but Captain Kelley's eight will go over the course this afternoon for its only row before the race tomorrow...
...University squad, will leave for Annapolis Thursday night, and arrive in Annapolis for at least one row on Friday, and possibly two. A new course has been surveyed on the Severn, and is used this year for the first time. In former years, rough water has frequently handicapped the boats, and delayed the time for starting races, but the new course is reported to secure the most favorable conditions...
...University was left half a length behind at the start of the race when no one in the Crimson shell heard the referee order the crews to row. The Crimson had the lane of the course farthest from the referee's launch, and was jockeying into position when the crews were sent away. Princeton and Yale had put in about five strokes before the Crimson blades caught the water, but Merrill kept his crew spurting till he caught Princeton, which had taken a half-length lead on Yale at the start...
...even the war on Rum Row between the wet fleet and the dry has killed the news interest of a speech on the world court, especially when that speech is made by the fiery Senator Borah. But let the observer take heart at this apparent indication of depth and breadth of thinking in America, the cynic points out that the arguments advanced by the Senator are hopelessly trite and superficial...
...Junior Varsity 4.45 o'clock, and the Varsity at 5.30 o'clock. Should bad weather prevail at these times, the races will each be moved back a half hour. Launches will notify the crowds along the banks if there is any change of time. If it is decided to row the races upstream, this information will also be dispensed by officials from launches...