Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University tennis team made it ten in a row by blanking the Brown netmen, 9 to 0 at Providence yesterday afternoon. This is the sixth shutout of the ten victories of the Crimson this season, and was achieved without much difficulty...
...yesterday's race the eights went over the old course and continued to row a short distance past the West Boston bridge at the end of the stretch with a half length of open water showing between the shells. With rough conditions prevailing the beat was forced down in the last half mile of rowing and the boats finished the trial, with several inches of water sloshing beneath the slides...
Color will be contributed to the occasion by a Gloucester dory regatta on the River. The terms of this contest have not yet been cleared up but it is supposed that the opposing crews will row in the same direction starting from the Weeks Memorial Bridge. Robert Leader Lampoon has been engaged as superficial transom and slide greaser in charge of coaching operations. "Remain long in the water and don't shoot" are the warning words of this mentor...
...crews got off from the starting line and rowed over the first half mile of the course with all three crews abreast. Here Pearson's shell started to pull away gradually as rougher water was encountered, until it had a length and a half margin over Sturges' crew just beyond the Harvard Bridge. The strokes dropped to 29 and 28 as the water grew more troublesome, and the three boats continued downstream and across the finish line with the Sophomores three lengths ahead of the Junior eight, and Lawrence's Sophomore crew another length in the rear. The winning crew...
...Swaim '31, who has been stroking the University crew since the middle of April, changed places yesterday afternoon with P.H. Watts '31, pacesetter for the jayvees. In addition R.R. McKesson '31 was rowing at No. 6 in the second shell, taking the place of B.J. Harrison '29 who was moved to No. 4 in the first crew. C.McK. Norton '29, former occupant of that position was shifted to No. 2, McKesson's old berth. The two crews will row today and may race tomorrow with the above changes from Saturday's lineup...