Word: shells
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Charlie Hart, the University boat-rigger, who has been at Princeton for the past week, has satisfactorily completed the work of altering the Princeton 1915 shell from a starboard to a port stroke arrangement, so that it will be unnecessary for the University to transport a shell to Lake Carnegie. Both the University and 1921 crews will use the same re-rigged shell, the race for the Freshman crews being scheduled before that for the University eights. Minor alterations in the rigging to suit the University eight will be made in the interval between the races...
...Bedford Hills, N. Y., was yesterday elected captain of the first Freshman crew at a meeting of the two upper 1921 boats. He prepared at Groton, where he rowed on the first crew, and since entering the University has been regular stroke on the first 1921 shell until just before the recess...
...both eights which will probably be the final seating for the Princeton races on April 27. J. F. Linder, Jr., '19 was moved from seven on B crew to three in the first boat. A, Stevens '19, whose seat he took, was shifted to the opposite side of the shell at four, while J. S. Coleman '19, formerly at that position, was placed at two. C. F. Batchelder '20, who had been advanced to this seat a week ago, was returned to his old position in the second shell. Seating in the second University crew is still unsettled and will...
...shifts in the seating of the upper University boats. C. F. Batchelder '20 is now at two in the first crew, having displaced G. C. Noyes '20, who is now in Batchelder's place at four in B crew. D. L. Withington '20, formerly at four in the first shell, has changed about with J. S. Coleman '19, formerly at six in the same eight. In the lower crew, J. F. Linder '19 and H. S. Chase '19 have exchanged seats also, the former now pulling seven and the latter five. The upper Freshman crews have been rowing without shifts...
...Ambulance Corps. Buel received the cross for bravery under fire in an engagement on the Aisne during the last week of February. He was sent to the front-line trenches, it is said, to rescue men suffering from an unusually severe gas attack, and was wounded by a German shell while in performance of his duty. He was awarded the medal while in the base hospital on March...