Word: shells
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Brown's Sophomore A crew defeated Yale's championship class crew, the Junior A, by nearly four lengths over the two-mile course, while the Freshman 150-pound shell slipped across the mile finished line about two lengths ahead of the Blue 150's. As a result of Saturday's races at Derby, the Crimson has beaten the Blue in all three of the preliminary races between the University and Yale this year. Conols Newell's 150-pound eight stroked by Dudley Merrill '26, gave its wash to its Eli rivals the week preceding at Lake Carnegie...
...final change in crew A yesterday afternoon brought Weymer from the second boat to seat four in the first shell, displacing Raymond, who takes Weymer's old position in the junior University crew. The new combinations had a stiff work-out yesterday afternoon prior to packing up for their departure from Cambridge...
...University crew over the mile and three-quarters distance in the Basin yesterday. Open water showed between the Sophomore boat and the boat stroked by Hamilton, while the third crew took second by nearly a length. Coach Brown's mixed crew came in a length behind the first University shell and the second crew trailed this crew by four lengths...
...strokes increased the pace. Yale cut down the Harvard lead while Princeton lagged consistently. shortly before the finish, Yale, less, than half a length behind, caught a light crab, which might have given victory to the Blue. As it was, they finished about a quarter length behind the Crimson shell, while Princeton came in two lengths behind Yale. The times were: Harvard, 8.50; Yale, 8.51 4-5; Princeton...
Both University crews and Coach Shaw's Freshman eights registered shifts in their line-up yesterday afternoon. Mumford, who replaced Canning as second University crew stroke early this week, exchanged seats with Hamilton, who has stroked the first shell for several weeks. Hamilton went in at Mumford's old position at second crew stroke. Coach Stevens said last night that he would not change this line-up until after today...