Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman crew has just received its new eight-oared shell from Waters. The boat is on nearly the same lines as the shells now rowed by '87 and '88, with the single exception of being a little fuller forward...
...Yale Freshman Crew began rowing in a shell during the recess...
...Yale shell has been taken from the tank and the water drawn off, as the crew will row on the harbor in the future...
...Harvard" was shortly after superseded by a six oared shell, the first of its kind in America. She had all the latest improvements, including spoon oars, and was in a number of races, in most of which she took first prizes...
...firm of J. Bergmann & Brothers of Troy, are about to build for the Yale University crew a new paper shell, to combine all the advantages of shells hitherto used, without disadvantages. It is 65 feet by 25 inches, one foot longer and one inch wider than the shell used in last year's race. This shell is to be tested by the Yale crew and is sent by the manufacturers merely as an experiment...