Word: shelled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...eight-oared shell presented to the University Boat Club by Walter Cabot Baylies '84 to replace that injured in transit from England, arrived yesterday. It will be rigged immediately, and after being christened tomorrow will be given a thorough trial by the University crew. The shell is from the shops of Sims & Sons, of Putney, England. The four-oared shell, made by the same firm, and presented by S. Shillito '79, will be shipped in the near future...
...University crew management has announced the receipt of a gift of a new eight-oared shell from a graduate who wishes his name withheld. The shell will be designed by Tams, Lemoine & Crane, of New York, naval architects, and will be built by W. H. Davy, of Cambridge. On its arrival the shell will be tried out by the University crew...
...have reported at either boathouse to form two crews, so the development has necessarily been slow. Both boats have shown a tendency to hang at the catch, and space poorly, but the Newell crew has been together longer, and therefore has a better rhythm and can keep the shell on a more even keel. A number of the men rowed on the same dormitory crew, and their improvement in the last few days has been more rapid, so that the Newell crew is expected to win. The orders of the crews for the race will be as follows...
...from Weld in the first few strokes. Thayer, however, again lengthened out the distance between the two boats before the first bend had been reached. Oxford street was forced to drop out of the race immediately after the start owing to an unfortunate accident to the rudder of its shell...
...University four. The first crew remained the same as last week. All four crews rowed down to the basin, the first being the only one to go beyond the Harvard Bridge. The first eight showed better form than at any previous time this year. Coming up-stream especially, the shell was very steady and the blade-work excellent. Of the other two crews, the third made the better showing. After a few days, morning practice will begin for the individual...