Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...yesterday's practice the eights were shifted considerably during a workout in the Basin and how they will be seated today is a question. There is still a possibility of a long row this afternoon prior to the break in training but it is not known whether Coach Brown intends to try some more changes in seating...
...Perkins Institute and pulled down to the bottom of the half mile stretch which is above the Newell Boathouse. The oarsmen kept up a steady beat of about 28 for the first two miles and raised it gradually to sprinting finish during most of the final half mile. The row took about 15 minutes and the first eight was about three quarters of a length ahead at the finish with P. H. Watts '31 rowing a slightly higher beat than Harrison of the Jayvees...
...Perkins Jr. '31 was stroking the lightweights yesterday afternoon on the practice row and is slated to set the pace for that boat this afternoon in the race with the Sophomores. The class crew eight was beaten by the 150-pound boat last week, but the loss of Donough Prince '31 as stroke man for the lightweights will probably prevent the latter from repeating its performance against Yale on Saturday, and materially increase the chances of the Sophomores winning...
After the race both crews will entrain at the South Station at 10.45 o'clock for Philadelphia. The boats will row over the course twice tomorrow and once Saturday morning. The third University race is called for 4.30 o'clock, to be followed by the 150-pound race at an hour later, both the Henley distance on the Schuykill...
...stroke of the Junior class crew, and R. W. Pearson '31, stroke of the Sophomore class crew. The latter crew will probably furnish the majority of the members of the boat which is sent to Philadelphia, but who they will be or in what positions they will row is not yet decided...