Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...teachers of crew rowing, but Courtnay has from a comparatively small college sent out at least one crew in the last four years that could make Harvard or Yale work as they never did before to win. He is a noted specialist in the art at rigging a shell, a point in which most amateur coaches are deficient. If Columbia wins this race her chances with Harvard and Yale will be materially increased, for the the experience of a race and the spur of victory are very great aids...
...freshmen on the 20th. During the whole season they have been considered fast for a freshman crew. To be sure they are very light, twenty pounds lighter than either of their opponents in the three cornered race but they are "sandy" and very quick. They will row in a shell made by Waters. The gravest criticism of the crew as a whole is a tendency to rush forward the slides, which gives a perceptible halt to the boat at the finish of every stroke. The blade work is excellent, although it is not always sustained...
...given the freshmen much attention. Since winning the class championship the crew has been rowing two or three times a week in spurts with the 'varsity, the latter keeping to their long four mile stroke, while the freshmen took their two mile gait. They will row in a paper shell made by Waters on the same model as the 'varsity boat for this season. They will arrive at New London Saturday night, one week later than the Yale 'varsity...
...crew reached New London Saturday at half past four. A light paper shell had been rigged up and left at the wharf; in this the men were to row to quarters. The launch was also waiting at the wharf to transfer the extra men and the baggage. Vail and Fearing went on the launch and their places 6 and 5 were filled respectively by Perkins and Blake. Richardson and Eddy met the crew at the float. They had gone up in the morning with the other boats. The water was very smooth and the day very hot. The quarters were...
...substitutes are now rowing in a four oared shell. They are Johnson, Miller, Davis, Purdon and Blake. Eddy '95 is not rowing at present owing to a strain received in the class races...