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Dates: during 1900-1909
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After a trying week of shifting and testing, the University crews were given a complete rest on Saturday, and did not row at all. It seems now as if the first crew were fairly settled in the following order...
After a short row up-stream yesterday, the crew returned to the boat house, and Bullard went in at stroke. Smith was moved to three, replacing Bancroft, who took Bullard's former place at seven. In this order the crew seemed to show improvement, being livelier and spacing a little better. The crew returned to the boat house again, however, Bullard went on the launch, and McGrew took his place at stroke. He showed greater quickness at the catch than in his former trial in this position...
...University crews took a short row up-stream yesterday in greatly changed orders, as follows...
Coach Higginson started up-stream in the launch with the first crew. The men rowed in fours and sixes for about a mile, while Mr. Higginson coached them in starting forward quickly on the recover. When they tried to row all eight, the boat was very unsteady and did not seem to travel well. In a quarter-mile brush with the second on the way down-stream, the second crew beat the first by a length, while rowing the same stroke. In a considerably longer stretch, around the bend to the boat-house, the first had the inside...
...University crews took a rather hard row, yesterday afternoon, to Harvard bridge and back in unchanged orders. Both eights rowed in short stretches to the Longwood bridge, under the coaching of Mr. Higginson. Here the crews were started for a mile stretch down-stream. At first the second crew drew ahead until they led the first crew by half a length, but when both eights put the stroke up slightly, the first gained again, finishing even with the second...