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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...taken up on the University squad. On Monday Ball was tried, and he will undoubtedly be kept in that position. The crew has improved rapidly in the last three days. They are fairly smooth, very long, and have plenty of power, but they still lack life and ability to row a high stroke...
...upperclass crews will resume work today with only three weeks remaining before the class races. So far, the material has been pretty will sifted down; but beyond getting together, most of the crews have not developed to any considerable extent. The orders in which the boats will row in the race have been nearly determined...
...Juniors seem to be the best developed upperclass crew. Their work is smooth and snappy, and they can row a high stroke without going to pieces. They are about on a par with the Freshmen, and if the race were to be rowed now the contest between these two crews would be very close...
Next Wednesday afternoon the University crew will row its first race again the Naval Academy on the Severn. The race will be rowed over a two-mile course and will probably be rowed down stream at 3.30, depending on weather conditions. The crew, with Morgan as substitute, Coach Wray and Manager Howes, arrived at Annapolis yesterday morning. They got out on the water at 4.30, and paddled up over the course in short stretches, accompanied by Coach Wray in a single. After coming in, the men took a run before dinner. The order of the crew is as follows: Stroke...
Annapolis will row in the race in the same order that it has had in practice for some weeks. The following list gives the order and weights of the men, the average age being 20 years, 4 months, and the average weight being 166 1-2 pounds, which is considerably less than the Harvard eight. Stroke, Kinkaid, 160; 7, Leighton, 179; 6, Rockwell (capt.), 173; 5, Richardson, 160; 4, Bagg, 163; 3, Magruder, 173; 2, Ainsworth, 160; bow, Davis, 164; cox., Roberts...