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...class crew squads of the Newell club were given practice in the tank at the University Boat-House yesterday afternoon, and were coached by Vail. The Weld crews were coached on the machines by Wray. Today the Weld crews will row in the tank and the Newell crews on the machines as follows: Sophomores at 3.40, Juniors at 4.20, Seniors...
...work of the class crew squads of both the Weld and the Newell Clubs began at the University Boat-House yesterday afternoon. The Senior and Junior Weld crews were coached by Wray in the tank and the Senior and Junior Newell crews by Vail on the machines. Before the upperclass squads began work the whole Freshman squad was given a short practice in the tank. The Sophomore squads...
During the past two weeks the practice of the Freshman crew squad has been very irregular owing to the fact that the mid-year examinations have prevented regular attendance. About half the squad has reported each day and has been given work in the tank under the direction of Vail and Wray. After the mid-year period the men will be graded into crews and each crew will row regularly in the tank for about fifteen minutes every day. Regular attendance will be required...
...daily practice of the Freshman crew squad has now been in progress since January 12, and so far the work has consisted entirely of machine rowing and exercises with the chest-weights under the direction of Vail and Wray. Some improvement in the general work of the men is apparent especially in the management of their slides and the position of their bodies, but all of the squads show a marked inability to keep in time with stroke. At present there are only about forty men in the squad, but it is expected that more good material will report...
Winter practice of candidates for the Freshman crew was resumed at the University Boathouse yesterday afternoon under the direction of Vail and Wray. The whole squad was weighed and then given light practice on the machines. For the present the four squads into which the men were divided before the Christmas recess will report daily, instead of three times a week, at 3.30, 3.55, 4.20 and 4.45. Men who do not report regularly will be dropped...