Word: trials
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Since last Friday and Saturday, when the men were given special individual coaching in pair-oars, they have shown great improvement. Monday they went out in eights and the work gradually became harder this week until Wednesday, when the University crew had a time trial and raced the second crew part of the way. The crew covered the 3 and 3-8 miles course from the Boylston street bridge to the boathouse of the Union Boat Club in 17 minutes and 25 seconds--within 5 seconds of the record. A strong tide favored the crew, and at Western avenue swept...
Extensive changes in the orders of the Freshman crews were made yesterday as a result of the trial race over the 1 and 7-8 mile course on Saturday. Williams, Rackemann, Lunt and Severance, who have been rowing in the third boat, were tried in the first, at stroke, 7, 6 and 2, respectively...
...Nussbaum, in closing the debate for the negative, successfully argued that these benefits would not necessarily follow the adoption of such a plan. He then proceeded to show that the present system of voluntary insurance had not proved a failure and should be given a further trial...
...Saturday the three Freshman crews were given a long trial race over the one and seven-eighths mile course from the Longwood bridge down-stream to the Union Boat Club. The third eight defeated the first and second crews by a boat length and a half as it was able to keep a higher stroke...
This early beginning of hard work is part of the general plan to have the men in condition for the race with Cornell on May 25. The work Saturday was not a regular time trial, but was more for the purpose of strengthening the endurance of the men than of testing them. Saturday was the first time that Glass, Richardson, Emmons or Fish had ever rowed over the long course...