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There was a shake-up in the Freshman crew yesterday. The most important change was putting Foster in at stroke, moving Minturn to 2, and Phillips to stroke in the second crew. Following was the order yesterday...
...rowing at 2, was tried at stroke for a while. The crew was rowing in wretched form a fortnight ago, but is rapidly getting into better shape. They are using the shell which the 'varsity found unsatisfactory last year. It is believed that there will be a shake-up in the crew after the spring regatta...
There was a thorough shake-up yesterday in the first and second 'Varsity boats. Locke, who has been stroking the First boat for the last few days, has rejoined the Freshman squad and Dobyns was put at stroke. J. H. Perkins was moved down to six, replacing J. F. Perkins who took that seat in the second boat. Higginson went down from two to four. Blake filled two and Harding replaced G. Marvin at bow. Wadsworth was also in the first boat taking J. Lawrence's seat at three. The two crews rowed down the river for some distance...
There was a decided shake-up in the '98 boat yesterday. Du Bois, who has been rowing 3, was replaced by Wadsworth. Bull was in Moulton's place at 2. The crew started in the following order: Stroke, Dobyns; 7, Goodrich; 6, Perkins; 5. Bancroft; 4, Cabot; 3, Wadsworth; 2, Bull; bow, Adams. Later in the afternoon, Marvin took Bull's place at 2, and Bull was tried at stroke, Dobyns going out. Adams was also tried at stroke and Dobyns at bow. Mr. Mumford coached part of the time from Perkins's place...
...technical trouble with the boat seems to be that the weight is unevenly distributed, the waist being loaded down with 200-pounders and the ends with light-weights. This will lead to a more general shake-up during the Easter vacation than has yet been experienced. The boat moves rather evenly, but it seems impossible to get up a high rate of speed...