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Yale 1915: Middlebrook, c.f.; Shear, s.s.; Falsey, l.f.; Reilly, 3b.; Pumpelly, 1b.; Beede, 2b.; Hunter, c.; Loftus, r.f.; Ripley...
...batting orders: HARVARD 1915. YALE 1915. Alsop, l.f. c.f., Middlebrook Mason, s.s. s.s., Shear Gannett, r.f. 2b., Beede Hardwick, c.f. 3b., Reilly Ayres, 1b. 1b., Pumpelly West, 2b. l.f., Falsey Phillips, 3b. r.f., Loftus McDonald, Frye, p. c., Hunter Brickley, c. p., Ripley, Pendleton
...Shear, tackle, prepared at Hill School. He is 19 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, and weighs 170 pounds...
...better adapted to the crew, which will be considerably lighter than last year. The shell will be 60 feet long, 23 inches beam, and 9 3-4 inches deep. It will be at least 20 pounds lighter than last year's boat and there will be a little more shear on the keel. If the shell is completed in time, it may be used in the race with Cornell...
...Oneida," which was the first boat used at Harvard, was typical of the other boats soon afterwards bought by the different clubs. It was 37 feet long of lap-streak construction, heavy and low in the water, and the thole pins were sunk in the gunwale. There was no shear, the stem was straight and the men rowed in red cushions; the whole having the appearance of a man-of-war's gig at the present time...