Word: season
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University crew, by its defeat of Yale Saturday, brought to a successful conclusion a season which more nearly approached the normal standard of college athletics than have other sports in the University this year. Owing to the curtailment of all sport last year no first boat veterans were available for the eight. However, the seating of the crew was not affected during the entire period of training by any of its members leaving to enter the service...
...Coach R. F. Herrick '90, through the pressure of war work, was unable to devote any of his time to the coaching of the oarsmen, Coach Haines, Herrick's lieutenant for the past two years, was at the start of the season designated as head of the crew policy. Throughout the season the latter took complete charge of the first University and 1921 shells, while Coaches Brown and A. Beane '11 directed the lower University and Freshman boats...
When the crew squad was first called out by Acting Captain F. Parkman '19, on March 4, only 50 upperclassmen and 45 Freshmen reported for the initial workouts on the machines. Owing to the fuel situation this pre-season practice was carried on at the Locker Building instead of the Newell Boathouse. The next week, however, saw the oarsmen in the tank at the latter place. Though various experimental shifts were made during the remainder of the season, the University eight was at that time seated as it rowed both Yale and Princeton, with one exception,--D. L. Withington...
...Haines set his charges out on the river. Contrary to the former, custom, no attempt was made to have the boat take to the water earlier by rowing in Lynn Harbor. The first 1921 shell appeared on the Charles on the same date. With the actual opening of the season on the water, the squad materially increased so that 16 full crews were launched daily...
...University crew in its final race of the season, defeated the Yale eight on the Housatonic River Saturday, finishing two boat lengths ahead. Ten minutes and 56 seconds was their time for the two-mile course, as compared with 11 minutes and 11 seconds, that of Yale. Though there are no previous records for this new course, the time is regarded as fast...