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YALE CREW QUARTERS, GALES FERRY, CT., June 16, 1907.-Yesterday morning the university eight held another time row, going upstream over smooth water, in the time of 22 minutes and 37 seconds. The crew was towed to the draw bridge and started there, the freshman eight taking up the race at the one-mile mark. At the two-mile mark the university fur-oar joined in with a lead of a third of a mile. The university crew succeeded in beating the freshmen by one length. The men rested in the afternoon and went sailing on the yacht Tuscarora...
...stroke in the last half-mile. The Freshmen also rowed well. They rowed a higher stroke than the University crew most of the way, thus maintaining their lead. In addition to the time trial for the University eight, the four-oar also were sent over their course. They rowed upstream for two miles from the Navy Yard in the slow time of 12 minutes and 34 seconds. The 1910 four-oar raced the University four over the last mile, defeating them by two boat lengths. In the morning the work for all the crews was fairly hard, both eights covering...
YALE CREW QUARTERS, GALES FERRY, CT., June 14, 1907.--All four of the crews rowed upstream for a mile in the morning without attempting to race. Rockwell replaced G. Auchincloss in the university shell. In the afternoon all the crews rowed downstream for four miles. With opposing wind, a favorable tide, and a slow stroke the university crew covered the distance in 23 minutes and 50 seconds. G. Auchincloss returned to the university shell in the afternoon...
YALE CREW QUARTERS, GALES FERRY, CT., June 12, 1907.--The Yale eight had another time row over the four-mile course about 7 o'clock tonight. The late start was due to the rough weather. The row was upstream with the wind and tide favorable and the course was covered in 22 minutes, 11 seconds. At the two-mile mark, opposite the Navy Yard the freshman eight took up the race one length ahead, and finished a length behind the university crew...
Glass was back at 6 in the University crew yesterday afternoon, after having been sick for the last two weeks. R. Bacon, was moved from 6 to 4, displacing Lunt, who was put in at stroke in the first four-oar. The crew rowed upstream two miles and back in easy stretches. The boat did not space so well as during the last few days, and the men did not swing on their oars in unison...