Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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During the afternoon the steam yacht "Queen City" arrived from Troy with a new paper shell for the Columbia 'varsity crew, which was taken off at the college boathouse. The oarsmen were glad to get the new boat, as the one they have been using is in a very bad condition. They will give the new shell a trial tomorrow morning, and may then take their first row over the course against time...
Coach Mumford is expected back from Boston tomorrow morning, when he will coach the Harvard 'Varsity Crew in their new cedar shell. George Hartwell, of Worcester, who built the boat, came to town after rigging the sheel and spoke very enthusiastically about both of the Harvard crews. He picks Harvard for a sure winner in the freshman race, and offered to back his opinion with a wager of $100 against the field, but could find no one who would take...
...Senior Crew yesterday afternoon, beating them by a length. The Weld Crew rowed 30 to 36 strokes to the minute; the B. A. A. crew 34 to 38. The especially strong points of the Weld Crew are that it rows a long, sweeping stroke and that the shell does not lose its headway between strokes. The make-up and weights of the crew are as follows...
There is a marked difference between the starboard and port oars. The starboard oars are about as nearly perfect as they can be, but the port oars are uneven. The time is broken by stroke and by four, which causes the shell to ride down to the port side...
Since the crew has been on the river the greater part of the coaching has been on the outboard work, but during the past two weeks more attention has been given to inboard work. The result has been that the crew looks much better in the shell than it did a month...