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...leaves College. Either of the men mentioned above would fit into the boat fairly well there, or C. Morgan '08, or J. E. Wald '10, number six on the present Freshman crew. The boat will also become va crew. The bow seat will also become vacant when R. M. Tappan '07, graduates. P. Wyman '10, C. Wiggins '08, and S. Marvin '10 are considered available men. Whether or not Coach Wray will deem it advisable to change about any of the men in the boat who return is not known; but it is quite possible that only one preliminary race...
Robert Meredith Tappan '07, of Boston, bow, prepared for College at Noble and Greenough's School, where he rowed bow on the school crew in 1903. In his Freshman year he rowed in the same position on his class crew and in 1905 rowed two on the University eight. Last year he rowed bow on the University crew against Yale and Cambridge. He is 22 years old, weighs 165 pounds and is 6 feet in height...
...rows bow, R. M. Tappan '07, rowed there last year and number 3 the year before in addition to rowing on the 1907 Freshman eight. On account of his unusually smooth form. Coach Wray considered him seriously for stroke this season. He was tried out in the Columbia race, and did not prove as effective as had been hoped. Nevertheless, he is the best man on the squad for bow. He is particularly smooth, pulls hard, and rows a difficult position with ease...
University eight--Stroke, Farley; 7, Richardson; 6, Glass; 5, Severance; 4, R. L. Bacon; 3, Faulkner; 2, Fish; bow, Tappan; cox., Blagden...
University eight--Stroke, Farley; 7, Richardson; 6, Glass; 5, Severance; 4, Bacon; 3, Faulkner; 2, Fish; bow, Tappan; cox., Blagden...