Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...university crew took their last pull on the river yesterday afternoon, and tried for the first time the new shell which Waters has just finished. It is built on the same model as the new '85 boat, and it rides the crew well. It sets a trifle too high out of the water, since it was built to hold a slightly heavier crew; with the present crew it is rather better suited for rough than smooth water. The new shell, the '77 cedar boat, and probably the '83 boat will be taken to New London; but it has hot been...
About ten days ago, however, a decided change for the better began to be noticeable. This improvement was due partly, though not wholly, to the fact that the crew changed from the '87 boat into the new '85 shell. Since then the crew has braced up and improvement has been steady. The bad fault of rushing the slide in coming forward has been to a great extent over-come; but more improvement in this particular is necessary. The slump at the finish has been partly overcome, though some of the men, especially 3, need to pay strict attention to this...
...University of Pennsylvania crew has challenged the crew of Columbia college to an eight-oared shell race with coxswains...
...eighty-eight shell met with a serious accident day before yesterday. The freshmen will probably borrow the seniors shell for the rest of the year...
...that could be desired, though the fine, steady rain was far from comfortable for either contestants or spectators. At 1.15 the draw swung back and the junior crew shot through the opening, when, to the surprise of all, it was seen that the two centre slides in the shell were unoccupied. Inquiry elicited the information that Cabot had been obliged to give up his oar by the advice of Dr. Sargent, enforced by an order from President Eliot. As this state of affairs was made known to Captain Latham only a few hours before the race, it was impossible...