Word: skipjacks
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Dates: during 1891-1891
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...five o'clock Friday afternoon the freshman crew in charge of Coach Parker arrived at the boat house on board the Skipjack. All hands look fresh and ready to do the best kind of work. The crew is to use the '93 class boat. The new paper boat made by Waters is about useless, and this one is not much better, though the '93 crew used it only this year. Parker tried his men for a few minutes after supper in order to try the rigging. At present the crew is made up in the following order: Stroke. Glidden...
...substitutes, arrived here yesterday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The boats and other necessary articles came in an extra passenger coach by the same train. As soon as the men were out of the cars, they all went to work transferring the baggage and freight to the Skipjack, a small steamer. The three shells were taken in tow. After a light lunch at the quarters, the crew took a short row about dark. The men are all in good spirits and put an amount of energy and snap in the rowing that indicates that this year's 'varsity...