Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...crews repeated their morning dose of practice, while Crew A went on an eight-mile paddle to the New London railroad bridge and back. The cruise down-stream was made in two stretches with the stroke usually low but often being raised to between 32 and 34. One solid row, however, constituted the return and no attempt was made at time, but this was merely considered a conditioning row...
...Nickalls severely reprimands the Yale crew for failing to respond to their stroke, tells them that 'a coach cannot always be performing miracles,' and then accepts 'full responsibility for the disaster.' This is forgetting Mr. Courtney's share in the disaster, for it was his crew that made us row away from Yale so fast. A duel race with Yale would no doubt have decreased the size of the disaster for Yale and increased...
...thing, but altering the facts in order to do so is not considered good from in America. The official times were: Cornell, 11.21 1-5; Princeton, 11.23 1-5; Yale, 11.43 1-5. Slow as the Yale crew was, it couldn't possibly take twenty seconds to row 'nearly three lengths,' even with thole pins, for at this rate it would have taken them ten minutes to row a mile...
...coaches, however, were not the only ones giving a close eye to this row, for the Eli captain, Seth Low, spent the greater part of the afternoon in launching up and down with Crew A. Low was much interested in the times, which, unofficially, were as follows: Half-mile, 2 minutes, 25 seconds; mile, 4 minutes, 56 seconds; mile and one-half, 7 minutes, 26 seconds; two-mile, 9 minutes, 52 seconds. These times are way above the average, and with respect to the stroke set, they give some idea of the drive of the first crew...
...Yale crew has declined an invitation to row against a crew from the Studenten Rokloub of Christian, Norway, on July 3. The invitation was extended by a Jan Schjerve, a cousin of King Haskon VII, of Norway, who came to America to present the invitation in person. Schjerve is an excellent oarsman and has spend some time rowing on the New Haven harbor. He was especially enthusiastic over the prospect of an international rowing race this summer, but the Yale authorities were forced to decline the invitation of his club because the race with the University being scheduled for June...