Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last week. Last Friday Irving was put back at stroke, and Cornwell was returned to bow. White who has been substitute all the year, except for a few days when he was tried in the boat, was put in Hollister's place at No. 4. This change keeps the shell on its keel much better and gives it more speed...
...cedar shell built by Davy is a greater prize than was at first expected. It weighs, full rigged, 224 pounds and is probably the lightest shell ever built. The shell built by Waters of Troy was also sent to New London this morning. The coaches' tug "John Harvard" was sent down Thursday...
...freshman crew did not row yesterday on account of an accident to the shell the day before. The boat injured was the one in which the '91 'varsity crew came out victorious at New London, and had been used by the freshmen only two days. It is of cedar, 61 feet in length, and was built by Davy. It will be ready for use again this afternoon...
...shell, which is being built for the 'varsity crew by Davy, is nearly completed. It will be lighter, longer, narrower and more shallow than any shell Harvard has ever before had, and will in this way be better adapted to Harvard's light crew...
...sixty-one and a half foot paper shell, built for the 'varsity by Waters of Troy, has arrived. It looks wide and has not the usual depth of a 'varsity shell...