Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Harvard Training Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 15, 1914. -- In the morning weather conditions were not promising. The sky was overcast, the wind blowing from the southwest, and altogether prospects were discouraging. Shortly before rowing time, however, the sun broke through the clouds and the wind moderated. The morning row consisted of a three-mile paddle, Wray coaching from the launch. In the afternoon he took Captain Brown's place in the Freshman eight for a few moments to make the men get a harder catch. The Henley or second crew rowed two miles at a high stroke. The University...
...afternoon the Freshman four beat the scrub four by half a length in a mile race. The second crew then went over the Henley distance at a high stroke but no time was taken. The stroke was high, 34 to 38 a minute. Finally, the first crew rowed three miles downstream in a little over 16 minutes. The good effect of the morning row with Wray in the boat was still noticeable. The Freshmen took only a short paddle...
Practice during the forenoon was very much hindered by a strong northwest wind, which kicked up a shorp chop in the river. All the boats took short paddies, however. The row was delayed for some time when Harwood, at 4 in the University crew, broke his rigger while holding his oar deep to steady the boat in a launch's wake...
...University and Freshman eights did not row Saturday, only the second eight getting a last paddle on the Charles
...Cornell crews will row in the same order as on last Saturday, when they were victorious at Ithaca. The Harvard crews will row as they have for the last ten days. The orders...