Word: tanked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although the M. I. T. crews have been rowing on the lower Charles for the past week, patches of ice have remained in the vicinity of Newell boat-house, and Weeks Memorial Bridge, which have confined the Crimson oarsmen to the usual daily practice in the tank. During the recent warm weather, however, the ice has virtually disappeared, and Harvard coaches are making plans to put their navies on the water...
Class crew candidates will be listed as usual for tank practice, but Coach Brown intends to boat them today if the weather holds good. For the first week or so no attempts are to be made in the way of permanent seatings: the men will be sent on the water in approximately the same order as they report...
...Crimson relay team was disqualified when B. S. Wood '33, winner in the 50-and 100-yard free style swims, started before Timken had slapped the end of the tank...
During the coming weeks of winter weather the University candidates will row at Newell Boathouse on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while the Freshmen will work on the machines at Weld boathouse on those days, going over to Newell on Tuesdays and Thursdays for instruction in the tank. Each man will be limited to ten minutes work a day until the crews go on the river, in order to accommodate the number of men who are expected to report today. Since the oarsmen will not be graded until they get on the water, which Coach Whiteside hopes will...
Persons requiring hospital treatment included: Jack Dempsey, for infected hand; Author Gouverneur Morris, for burns incurred when he got out of his automobile to see why it would not run, dropped a spark from his cigaret into the gasoline tank; onetime American Baseball League President Ban Johnson, for a serious infection of his right little toe which was trampled in a crowd...