Word: tanked
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University and Freshman oarsmen had a work-out yesterday afternoon under Coach Haines. The first four crews all had practice on the machines and in the tank, but the other crews used the machines only. There were no important changes in the line-up of the upper eights, although the illness of J. H. Volkmann '16 necessitated a temporary change in the University B boat. Volkmann will be out for the next few days, but it is expected he will be back soon...
...University swimming team will meet the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team in the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. tank this evening at 7.30 o'clock. As M. I. T. has two especially strong entries, Wales in the plunge and Untersee in the dashes, the University swimmers will be hard pushed throughout...
...second opportunity will be given all members of the class of 1918 to enter the competition this afternoon at 5 o'clock, when all new candidates should report at Matthews 5. The work consists of aiding the team in daily practice at the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. tank and doing such clerical work as is necessary in directing a University team. As the competition ends with the Yale meet on March 13 it will be very short this year, lasting about a month all together...
...University swimming team was defeated 33 to 21 by Worcester Academy at Worcester on Saturday. Two tank records were established, one in the relay, which Worcester won in 1 minute 48 2-5 seconds, and one in the plunge, which was won by Shuttleworth of Worcester with a distance of 66 feet. M. Blanchard '18 took first place in the diving, the feature of the event. H. Wentworth '17 also placed well for the University, winning both the 100-yard and 220-yard swims...
...first meet of the season the University swimming team will face the strong Worcester Academy team in the latter's new tank at Worcester this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The University team has developed slowly this year owing to the lack of satisfactory facilities for practice and to irregular coaching in the early weeks of training. When a regular coach was secured in Ben James of the Brookline Swimming Club, prospects became brighter, and in the last few weeks the team has showed marked improvement...