Word: shell
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Approaching the mile and a half mark, the Navy raised its stroke to 38 and crawled up on the University shell several feet. In the next quarter mile, the University was unable, in spite of a spurt, to stem the Navy's advance and a quarter of a mile before the finish the Navy led by half a length...
Practice yesterday was moved ahead two hours in order to give the crew management time to pack the Pocock shell for shipment on the same train which the oarsmen took. Captain Kelley's crew rowed yesterday at 3.30 o'clock, going over the mile and three-quarter Basin course in a time trial. While Coach Stevens refused to give the time made, he announced that he was very pleased with the showing of the crew, and considered that the University boat stood an excellent chance of coming through a winner in its second race of the year...
...into the breach and lends a hand. The Riff was ceded to Spain on the express understanding that she keep the turbulent tribesmen in order; needless to state, she has never succeeded in keeping Abd-el-Krim's hoodlums out of mischief. The French command may not send a shell, man, or plane across the border to destroy the Moorish bases, and it would be a very simple task, without violating the treaty agreement. Similarly, they can not blockade the Spanish ports of Morocco to prevent the steady traffic in arms by which the war is continued...
...fair indication of strength if a similarity in conditions does prevail. In the first time trial of the year on Lake Carnegie, the University eight covered the mile and three-quarter course in nine minutes and 25 seconds. In the Quadrangular Regatta on May 9, the winning Crimson shell was timed in nine minutes and 11 seconds...
...University was left half a length behind at the start of the race when no one in the Crimson shell heard the referee order the crews to row. The Crimson had the lane of the course farthest from the referee's launch, and was jockeying into position when the crews were sent away. Princeton and Yale had put in about five strokes before the Crimson blades caught the water, but Merrill kept his crew spurting till he caught Princeton, which had taken a half-length lead on Yale at the start...