Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...eight and to give all the men practice in racing, it has been decided to form a second Freshman eight. For this Swaim, McConnell and Brigham will be taken from the Weld, and with the present substitutes, Loud, Hawkins, Wheelwright, Williams and Webster, will make up the eight. A shell is now being rigged for them and it will be ready...
...Varsity crew have been rowing in a barge. This week they will use last year's Davy shell, and continue to use it until a short time before the race...
...race they will row in the new English shell, which has been repaired after its racking journey and will probably be most satisfactory...
...Freshman crew have been in their shell only a short time and still display an extreme roughness and jerkiness in their movements and a bad clip at the beginning and the end of the stroke. The crew as a whle pull individually and fail to get together properly...
...shell, used in the class races last year, was rigged up and transferred from the 'Varsity to the Weld boat house yesterday. The club will buy the boat and rent it to 1900 Weld crew for this season...