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...today and there is no probability of any changes in the seating being made before vacation. W. W. Wood '24 and B. H. Burnham '24 coxed the crews in Saturday's race, but today J. T. Lanman Jr. '23 in conjunction with E. N. Carson '24 will bear the tiller responsibilities of Crews A and B respectively. These positions are by no means permanent, however, it being Dr. Howe's plan to shift the coxswains freely each day until the April recess...
...model, and will be about the same as the boat used last year. It is to be sixty feet in length, twenty-four inches in width, and eight and three-quarter inches deep. Nothing definite is known yet about the rig. One new feature will be tried, however: the tiller lines will be so arranged that the coxswain can grasp the gunwales of the shell and still control the rudder. This will enable him to sit more steadily in the boat, and it is thought will prove a very useful arrangement...
...every wave the tiller...
...Holworthy and Weld coxswains was remarkably good, up the course especially, both crews leaving a perfectly straight path behind them, while the wakes of Matthews, and more particularly of Holyoke, showed by their many crooks the excitement and want of practice of the hands that held the tiller-ropes...