Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...SALE.- A Runddock single shell with oars, in fine condition. Also a very handsome banjo. Terms very cheap. Apply to Gaston M. Ashe, 11 Appian...
...minutes 14 1-2 seconds. The slowness of the time was due to the very unfavorable conditions. The crews rested for some time at the Union boat house. At 6.20 the senior boat started back over the course. '89 and '91 followed soon afterwards. The victorious sophomores left their shell at the Union boat house, and returned to Cambridge in carriages. As a whole, considering the wind and rough water, the race was a good one. The sophomores rowed a very pretty race, and proved that besides strength and individual skill perfect time is necessary to make a winning crew...
...stern of each shell will be held from a boat attached to a rope stretched across the river. Boats 75 ft. apart. Please take the position assigned you as promptly as possible...
...contrary. Most of the coaching is being done by Cowles and Rogers, captains of the '86 and '87 crews. Yale men say their crew is not rowing as well as usual at this time of the year, but predict better work on the arrival of the new shell which is expected in a few days, They are very confident of winning at New London...
...founding of New Haven, all recitations after 9.30 a. m. have been omitted, and the city presents the appearance of a grand holiday. The various crews have improved the opportunity to row both in the morning and afternoon. The 'varsity crew have just commenced rowing in a shell, and have not yet succeeded in overcoming the faults which become evident upon a change from a barge to a shell. Cross, '88, substitute last year, is now regularly stroking the crew and will undoubtedly be the stroke in the race at New London. The class crews have all gone to training...