Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Only one bump was made yesterday in the first day of the inter-dormitory bumping races for the Filley Cup. This occurred in the second division, Fairfax bumping Holyoke street just past the second bend. A cold drizzle and head wind made it hard for the crews to row their best...
...must report at their respective boathouses, dressed to row, today at 2.30 o'clock. The races will start at 3 and 3.30 o'clock. The crews will take their positions in the following order...
...bumping races for the dormitory crews will be held tomorrow and Thursday over the stretch above the Stillman Infirmary. On Friday the crews which make the best showing in the bumping races will row a scratch race of a mile and a half for the Filley Cup. In these races the crews will be started in the order determined by the standing in the dormitory races last fall. In the preparatory work this year the best showing has been made by the Randolph, Claverly, and Outsiders' crews...
Poor weather no doubt deterred many men from starting out for dormitory rowing yesterday afternoon and there should be no small number of new men to report today. The period before the bumping races has been shortened to two weeks, a change which should appeal to those who look at fall rowing merely as a source of healthful exercise, as well as to those who take part in it for the practice and experience to be obtained. The trouble with dormitory crews from a rowing standpoint is that men who really know something about rowing are in the same boats...
Fall work for the University crew will begin this afternoon. Coach Wray will have charge of the squad, which consists of four eights, and will give them long practice rows for three of four weeks, followed by two weeks of hard work in preparation for the four mile handicap race to be held on November 15. In addition to this work, a considerable amount of rowing in double sculls, will be done in order to quicken up the men and eliminate individual faults. At the end of the season a race will be held between the members of the University...