Word: shell
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Federal express for Philadelphia, where they will arrive early this morning. While in Philadelphia, the crew, accompanied by Coach Stephenson and Manager Morgan, will stay at the Aldine Hotel. Waid, who has rowed in both the first and second eights, went along as a substitute. The shell was sent ahead on Wednesday. The crew has been entered in the race for Junior collegiate eight-oared shells for the New England Challenge Cup. The men will return to Cambridge on Sunday...
...rowed since the Columbia race, was put in at bow in place of Burchard; and Lovering was tried at 5, in place of Severance. Owing to these changes, as a result of which Lovering rowed on the starboard side of the boat for the first time, the shell was unsteady yesterday and the form was more ragged than recently...
...their slides. The blade work was very smooth and the men pulled together in splendid form, and on the trip upstream the boat spaced out almost to the rudder posts. They did not do so well on the row down-stream against the tide, however, and at times the shell checked perceptibly. Physically the men are in very good condition, although they are not trained very fine. They are all able to follow Tappan quite well, as was shown yesterday, when he raised the stroke to about 40 on a couple of starts...
...going down to the class crews. The orders of the first and second crews remained the same yesterday, both going upstream together as far as the Brighton bridge, when they were forced to return to the boathouse, in order to adjust the outriggers on the starboard side of the shell, which were too far out to permit easy rowing. The crews then rowed upstream again, and the work was greatly improved...
...shell, built by W. H. Davy, of Cambridge, was tried out and appeared most satisfactory. The boat is somewhat broader and more shallow than last year's shell and rests closer to the water...