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...Vail will spend his entire time, from now on, in coaching these eights, and any Newell men dropped from the University squad, will row with them...
...eights were rowing on the river yesterday afternoon. The crews were made up in the same order as Monday with the exception of a temporary change in the Weld Junior eight, Burton taking his old place at 6 and Wheelwright moving from 6 to 5, taking Ivins's place. Vail and Donovan coached as usual from their singles, paying particular attention to the faults shown in Monday's races and giving the crews several starts for short spurts up and down the river. The Newell Freshmen, who went out in shells for the first time yesterday afternoon, will probably...
There are now ten Freshman eights rowing on the river every afternoon, four at the Weld and six at the Newell. The crews have received a great deal of attention from both Vail and Donovan, together with some individual pair-oar practice and improvement has been noticeable from the first. The main object in the coaching, thus far, has been to get the men accustomed to their positions in the boat, and to instill into them the first principles of good oarsmanship, rather than attempt to develop any speed. Owing to the large number of men who have had experience...
...remedy ragged blade work and to get the different crews as near a unit as possible. There have been encouraging signs of improvement among all the crews, but any marked advance toward finished work is hardly to be expected so early in the season. Donovan at the Weld and Vail at the Newell have done practically all the coaching, although the graduate coaches, Mr. J. J. Storrow '85, Mr. G. S. Mumford '87 and Mr. H. W. Keyes '87, will assist in coaching as soon as the launches are ready...
...Newell Freshman eights rowed yesterday afternoon and were coached by F.L. Higginson '00 and Vail. Their make-up was as follows...