Word: rows
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Courtney, coach of the Cornell crews, who will watch the work of the Weld and Newell oarsmen this fall, arrived in Cambridge yesterday and in the afternoon followed in the John Harvard the first and second Weld and Newell crews in their practice row. The first, second and third Weld crews will go over the mile and seven-eighths course on a time row this afternoon, and Courtney will follow them in the launch...
Ayer is very stiff and rough. He is apt to row light and to lower his hands too much in the last part of the recover, causing his blade to fly off the water and making him clip. He is slow at the catch...
...conference last night between Captains Bullard and Kunzig and Coaches Higginson and Cameron, it was decided to postpone the Freshman and four-oared races from the morning until the afternoon. The Freshmen will row down stream about 2 o'clock and the fours immediately after. The University race will occur later in the afternoon...
...attempt was made in the morning to row the Junior four-oars, but both shells were swamped. About seven o'clock, however, the water became smoother and the Weld and Newell Junior eights, which were the only entries in their event, were permitted to row their race over the 1 1-2 mile course...
...seven, Bancroft taking his place at bow. The crew then went over the four-mile course upstream for the first time since leaving Cambridge. Wind and tide were in their favor. The stroke was slow and for over a mile and a half the crew did not row hard. In the last half mile, however, the stroke was raised from 30 to 36. Time, 22m., 20s. McGrew then took Brownell's place and the crew paddled several short stretches...