Word: shell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Watts was stroke of the University shell until the recent shake-up following the resignation of Coach Stephens. Last year he captained the Freshman eight. Gates and Weymer have rowed for two years on the Second University crew, while Fanning, Perkins, and Barry were members of the same boat last spring...
...toward the West for a coach after the type of the men who had brought the Washington eights into such prominence at the Poughkeepsie regatta. After a wide search, Stevens was finally selected. Although he did not have any previous coaching experience, Mr. Stevens rowed in the Cornell varsity shell to two years in 1908 and 1909 and had achieved considerable reputation as a single sculler
...junior University combination is not scheduled to race this Saturday, and so the Saltonstall-stroked combination will go to Red Top untried by outside competition. Yesterday the crew boated in an old shell, rowed at a very slow and easy stroke, and went better than it has for some time...
...change in rigging recalls a similar shift made four years ago, when Captain Appleton a starboard oar, was placed at stroke in mid-season with the shell's rigging being changed accordingly. Although the second crew rowed in an old boat yesterday, their regular shell is having its rigging changed and they will probably row in it today...
...over both Pennsylvania and M.I.T. by wide margins earlier in the season, seems almost certain to win Saturday's race the Crimson crew is confident that it will make a better showing than it did last week. If Captain Winthrop's eight remains within hailing distance of the Annapolls shell, and does better against Tech than last week, there is little likelihood that there will be any changes in the lineup...