Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...next recorded match occurred four years later, and was the beginning of a series as follows, all over the same course: July 26, 1859. Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass., one-and-a-half miles up the lake and back; Harvard (shell) 19.18; Yale, (shell), 20.18, Harvard, (lapstreak), 21.13, Brown, (lapstreak...
...probable that the new cedar shell built for the crew by Blakie, the Cambridge builder, will be used in the race with Yale on June 28. The boat has only been used for two days, but it seems to suit the crew very well. A paper shell, a double and a pair-oar will also be taken. The launch has been sent around the cape, instead of by rail; it is a staunch boat and can stand...
...Yale crew has just received its new shell, which so far is satisfactory in all respects...
...small pamphlet entitled Roster for Athletic Training, by Dr. Shell of Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, has just been published. The object of the author was to introduce some systematic way of training for those who are without a regular trainer, since as the article says there are so many enthusiastic athletes who, without the services of a trainer, have no correct idea of the proper training dis ances, and who, accordingly, cause much injury to themselves by overstraining. The author states that exceptions may be made in individual cases to the rules set down, but in the majority of cases they...
...last year's crew at this time of the year, much improvement has yet to be made before the New London race. The crew will leave Cambridge as soon as possible after June 10, and will live in the regular Harvard crew quarters on the Thames. The new cedar shell in which the sophomores rowed in the class races is now being used by the university crew and is considered very satisfactory. The new launch, although at present somewhat damaged, is efficient and well suited for the purpose to which it will be put by the crew. The boat...