Word: shell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senior class crew, stroked by E. S. Matthews '23, defeated Sophomore A by a decisive margin over the mile and seven-eighths course, Junior A trailing the latter shell by a length. In the race for the seconds, Sophomore B carried off the honors from the corresponding Senior and Junior combinations...
...order to give all men who intend to compete an equal opportunity to master the principles of single shell racing, Coach Wachter will be on the water daily, except Saturday, from 3 to 5 o'clock, and any member of the University is at liberty to consult him with regard to rowing between these hours. As far as possible Coach Wachter will divide his time between the upper-class and Freshman oarsmen...
...large delegation from the Rowing Committee followed the shell and Dr. Howe expressed himself as well pleased with the work-out. Although rowing alone, Crew A, starting at the Cambridge Boat Club, kept a high beat throughout the early stretches of the course, and by dint of a well-timed spurt near the finish went over the line in good form with a time record which is all the more encouraging in view of the fact that it is the initial spin over a four-mile stretch...
With the finish nearing rapidly, Amory raised the beat, Brown failed to respond with an equally telling pace, and the Junior shell commenced its gruelling advance to the front position with three-quarters of a length of water to make up. The seconds with now a chance for victory, rowed in perfect unison which combined with the rapid stroke produced an immediate effect. Inch by inch the Junior eight fought its way to even terms, and by a burst of almost superlative rowing broke into a lead of a full half length which they maintained...
Both crews got off to a pretty start, the Blue shell shooting through the water at a snappy 36 beat while the Crimson boat registered about 34 for the first minute. After the first hundred yards or so Yale's heightened stroke began to tell and the visiting crew crept into a lead to which they steadily added, until at the Harvard Bridge the Crimson eight was a full length astern...