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Although a high wind blowing up the Basin prevented the regular mile race which had been scheduled for Saturday, Dr. Howe sent his three University crews over a stretch of about a mile upstream with very satisfactory results, in addition he had all three crews row at a very high stroke for short spurts. The work was viewed by the entire coaching staff and by various members of the Graduate Committees...
...Howe, accompanied by Coaches William Haines and E. J. Brown '96, and for a part of the afternoon by Captain Appleton, coached the crews, all of which rowed upstream. The men were instructed to row at any easy stroke in an endeavor to have them become accustomed to the unfamiliar work on the river without sacrificing any of the form which has been stressed in the indoor work. None of the crews rowed far, the work being limited for the most part to the stretch of river between Newell Boat-house and the half-mile straightaway upstream...
...afternoon the men were sent down two miles to the Navy Yard and then back and a mile upstream, with the stroke varying from around 20 to above 30. Although the main emphasis was laid on style and proportion, the coaches also drilled the oarsmen on speeding their work. This stress on form is made because it is felt that although the boat has power and endurance, better rhythm and balance will increase the speed materially...
Earlier in the afternoon the Gore Hall crew which won the interdormitory championship on Monday will race Middlesex over the half mile straight away upstream, with the odds in favor of the visitors...
Coach Brown had planned to race three of the class crews over a mile course in the Basin yesterday but rough weather forced him to change his plans and send them over the half mile straightway upstream. The brush was intended to serve as an elimination trial for Crews B and C of 1923 and B of 1922, but after the finish Coach Brown decided to put all the eights into the final race over the mile and seven-eighths course today...