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...reached well out on the catch and at 6 R. Bacon appeared to have corrected his faulty finish, getting his shoulders well into play throughout the stroke. At number 4 Glass also showed improvement. He used his arms well and his body motion on the recovery was much smoother than it has previously been this season...
...crews rowed up stream as far as the Watertown bridge and returned in short stretches rowing by fours and eights, while Wray coached from a single scull. The work was not as satisfactory as yesterday. Both boats spaced well between strokes. The University crew rowed in much smoother form than the second and the men appeared to catch together better. The float at the University boathouse will probably be in position today and the crews will row on the river regularly unless it freezes over again. There will be no rowing tomorrow, but the crews will report as usual Friday...
Despite the fact that the Advocate begins the year with a welcome innovation--a new cover and smoother paper--the same conservative merits remain. The usual shortcoming of the paper, its ultra "literary" tone, is not so noticeable as of old. If the Advocate is to do its best, let the classic Pegasus continue to be enlivened for the "average undergraduate" by the common oats and bran of stories that are local and present and by poems whose subjects are tangible...
...June 13, 1905.--The Freshman crew squad arrived here this afternoon at 5.40 o'clock. An hour later, both the crews left the boathouse for a short row downstream. The men rowed in good form and appeared to be well together. The four-oar boat ran noticeably smoother than usual...
...dropped out at the three-mile mark, two lengths ahead. The first crew went on over the four-mile course and finished with a strong 28 stroke in 22 minutes, 5 seconds, the best time made thus far. On the way back to quarters the work was much smoother than in the race...