Word: shells
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wright in the launch. The men were in excellent, condition, and rowed smoothly in spite of the wind and rough water which they encountered down stream. Their stroke is long in the water, characterized by a reach far to the front and a steady pull-through which drives the shell through the water at an even speed...
...change in the line-up of the Harvard second crew was made yesterday, two new men being put in the shell. R. K. Kane '22 went from the third crew to 5 in place of J. N. Borland '21, who was moved to crew C. G. L. Batchelder ocC, is now rowing at number 6 on crew B in place of D. H. Morris...
...eights on Saturday, will arrive in Cambridge at 10 o'clock this morning. Arrangements have been made to lodge the members of the crew in the dormitories in Cambridge during their stay for the races. The crew will commence work at once on the Charles River, in its own shell, which is expected to arrive today. In case of delay in transportation the Penn crew will use one belonging to the University...
...planned that S. A. Duncan '22 would row number 2 on crew A, but F. B. Lothrop '21 has been moved up to that position, where he had been substituting for Duncan a few days before the eights left. Duncan is now rowing 4 in the second shell. Excepting that one change, the lineups of the crews have remained the same as when they rowed in Cambridge last Monday. The seating of the first University eight which will race this afternoon is as follows...
...first quarter of a mile, the shells were fairly even, the second having a slight lead. At that point R. Jenney '21 put the stroke of crew B a little higher, and took a lead of half a length over A, while the Unions dropped two lengths behind. As the crews passed under the Massachusetts Avenue bridge--the mile mark--the second crew had a lead of over a length on the University eight, while the Unions still trailed, nearly three lengths in the rear. Although the first boat came up a little in the last stretch, they were just...