Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...class crews have had about five weeks of steady work on the river with the exception of a few days, when the water was too rough, and also two or three days which were taken off during the spring recess. The change form the barge to the shell has put the crews back considerably as regards time and form; '94 and '97 especially showing the change. The general averages of the crews show '94 to be the heaviest, '95 the lightest, while '96 and '97 are about equal in weight...
...senior crew has been rowing in the shell for about a week, and though there is a good deal of splashing and the boat is very unsteady, the men are rapidly getting into good form under the coaching of E. C. Storrow '89. Of last year's crew, only three are in the boat, so the seniors have, practically, a new crew...
...junior crew was the second crew on the river, and the first to take to the shell, and is rowing in very good form. Cameron, who has been with the 'varsity, and Potter, who has been ill, are both with the crew...
...freshman crew rowed in their new shell yesterday for the first time...
With the exception of Saturday and Sunday the 'varsity crew has been working morning and afternoon during the recess. Yesterday Col. Bancroft coached the men both in the morning and afternoon. In the morning the men went out in the shell for the first time this year. Waters went back to 7, and Blake to 5. The crew has improved somewhat and the men are rowing in this order: Stroke, Fennessy; 7, Waters; 6, L. Davis; 5, Blake; 4, Bullard; 3, Townsend; 2, F. Davis, bow, Purdon...