Word: shell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course, with the Crimson and Princeton battling for first place, but the Orange and Black eight came back with a driving spurt at the finish which gave it a quarter boat length's margin across the line. Navy finished in third place, a length astern the University shell...
With the exception of Wiesman, who has been moved to number 2 on the first crew, with Mumford at 4 on the same shell and Curran back on the second eight, the two Freshman boats remain as seated last week. It is one of the objects of this afternoon's race to furnish a test of the respective abilities of the two crews as units, and it is probable that the one that proves the better on the basin today will be the one to represent 1925 against Cornell on Saturday...
...afternoon, Coach Bert Haines' first yearling 150-pound won a close decision from the Tech light-weight 1925 combination. The Crimson crow led the procession over the entire course, and finally succeeded in retaining three quarters of a length's advantage on their rivals. The Freshman 150-pound B shell finished third...
...University eight, it was announced yesterday, will be boated in the Davy shell, used by the seconds against Penn, for the race on Saturday. It is a new boat this year and carries the weight of the heavy Crimson crew without any sousing down...
...pretty a start as it has shown at any time this year. For the first five beats Amory was rowing stroke for stroke with Wiesman, but after that the 1925 combination dropped to around 32 while the University held to about 36 or 37. As a result the first shell forged into a lead of about three quarters of a length in the first 200 yards, and when the beat dropped to about 32 and 27 for the University and Freshmen respectively, Amory put a length of open water between the two boats...