Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...second Junior crew will row a one-mile race against Technology in the Basin at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The race should be close as this is the first year that Technology has had a crew, while the development of the second Junior crew has been greatly hindered by many changes in the boat...
...number of changes made in the order. Meyer was moved to 3 and Parker, Warren, and Morgan were all tried out at bow; of these three Warren made the best showing. Today Meyer will go back to bow and Parmenter will be put in at 3. The Freshmen will row in the following order this afternoon: stroke, Goodale; 7, Moffat; 6, Stratton; 5, Keays; 4, Lincoln; 3, Parmenter; 2, Cutler; bow, Meyer; cox., Abeles...
...University crew took a long row of about eight miles yesterday afternoon on the Charles River. Leaving the Newell boathouse, the crew rowed in short stretches to the Water town Arsenal. Here, they turned around and in one stretch rowed to the Cottage Farm Bridge, a distance of about four miles. The work of the crew was very good, the men rowing in good form and keeping together well. From the Cottage Farm Bridge, the crew rowed back to the Newell boathouse practically without resting and using a high stroke at the turn just before the Weld boathouse and just...
...University crew resumed its regular daily practice yesterday, this being the first work that the men have had since the Annapolis race last Thursday. Only one change was made in the order: Withington replaced Hooper at 4, the latter going to 6 on the second crew. Last year Withington rowed 5 on the University crew. For the first few weeks of the spring practice he rowed at number 4 but, for the past month, he has been out of the boat directing spring football practice. He will be available during the rest of the season and will probably row...
...There was little wind and a slight rain kept the surface of the river calm. The Navy got the better of the start, but the University crew soon made up the slight advantage gained. For the first quarter of a mile, both boats were very even, though the Navy rowed 40 to Harvard's 36. Then by a series of spurts the University crew drew gradually ahead, although at no point of the race did it row as high a stroke as Annapolis. At the mile, the University crew had a lead of several feet of open water. At this...