Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...about a half a mile again in easy stretches before turning. They rowed all eight most of the time and went along in fairly satisfactory style, despite the fact that they were in the 1905 shell, which was not rigged to suit the needs of the men individually. At stroke Morgan showed some improvement over his performances early in the week and Severance at number 7 seemed to have lengthened out his stroke somewhat. The men got fairly well together at times and the crew as a whole showed great promise. Richardson was still absent from his seat...
...Freshman first crew was the first eight out on the river yesterday. Coached by Wray from his single scull, they rowed up-stream as far as the Brighton bridge and back to the University boathouse. On the way up-stream Forster and McLeod, who started out at stroke and 7 respectively, changed places. Most of the men are very crude as yet in their oarsmanship, but the crew is fairly heavy and well balanced. However, there will probably be a number of changes in it before any races are rowed...
University crew--Stroke, Morgan; 7, Severance; 6, Bacon; 5, Faulkner; 4, Glass; 3, Tappan; 2, Fish; bow, Burchard; cox., Blagden...
Freshman crew--Stroke, Forster; 7, Colt; 6, Bacon; 5, Wyman; 4, Buxton; 3, Marvin; 2, Vogel; bow, Beard; cox., King...
Second crew--Stroke, Lunt; 7, Wiggins; 6, Swaim; 5, Whitney; 4, G. Bacon; 3, Richards; 2, Farley; bow, Tilton; cox., Coach Wray...