Word: springfield
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...present composition of the Yale eight oared crew that is to row with Harvard at Springfield, Mass., next June, is as follows: Edmund P. Livingston (bow), Frederick Wood, E. C. Cooke, W. W. Collin, David Hyde Kellogg, Charles N. Fowler, Julian Kennedy, Robert J. Cook (stroke...
LAST Monday, at Springfield, the details of the race on the 30th of June were settled. Mr. Howe represented Yale, and Mr. Weld and Mr. Otis, Harvard. According to the agreement entered into last fall, the umpire was chosen by lot from two candidates nominated by the colleges. The lot fell to Professor H. M. Wheeler of Yale. The time of day for the race was then considered. Yale preferred to row in the morning, while Harvard favored the afternoon, as it would be more convenient for spectators. It was finally settled that the time of day should...
...authorities at Springfield will be asked to do for the Regatta about the same as has always been done at Saratoga. They will be asked to have the course accurately surveyed, and buoyed at start and finish, before the arrival of the crews, and to agree to keep it clear of boats during the race; to build a Grand Stand at the finish, for which the price of admission shall not be more than fifty cents; to furnish a steamer to follow the race, whose speed shall be at least fourteen miles an hour, and which shall be ready...
...final arrangements between Yale and Harvard as to the coming University boat-race at Springfield have been completed. Two judges from each college and a member of the Regatta Committee are still to be appointed, and after that we shall be able to give all our attention to the crews themselves. A position on the Regatta Committee is so full of work and responsibility that it is absolutely necessary that the right man be chosen for the place. There must be no mistakes this year in the management of the race. The demands that have been made of the city...
...race shall be rowed at Springfield, Mass...