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...Stroke, Watriss...
...changes have taken place in the 'Varsity and Sophomore crews. Burling '91, Porter '92, Slade '93, have ceased to row with the 'varsity and have gone to their respective class crews. This leaves sixteen men. The first crew is rowing at present as follows: Powers (stroke) Kelton 7, Watriss 6, Rantoul 5, Vail 4, Jones 3, Fitzhugh 2, Perkins bow. On Saturdays the stroke of last year's Bowdoin crew, who is the Medical School, comes out and rows at number 6 in place of Watriss. Miller '93 is stroking the second crew. There are six candidates from '93 among...
About November 1st a barge crew began to row regularly on the river. This crew was generally made up as follows: Perkins stroke,, Rantoul 7, Powers 6, Cummings 5, Watriss 4, Jones 3, Porter 2, Earle or Slade bow. This crew of course had many faults but occasionally they did pretty fair work. Their chief faults as a crew were a general failure to control the slides, and to sit up at the finish. These faults together with a general jerkiness were common to all the men, who of course had individual faults of their own. C. F. Adams...
...Watriss '92, 6 Slade...
...that nothing can be said of the merits or faults of the oarsmen. Newell and Shaw are singularly strong men and have both done very well at foot ball, but labor under the disadvantages of being totally inexperienced, and being rather short and chunky for a 'varsity crew. Powers, Watriss, Jones and Rantoul were substitutes on the crew last year and are well known as fairly good men. Vail, Cummings and Earl rowed in the freshman boat last year and seem strong. Kelton '93, who rowed 6 on the crew last year was rowing for a time in the fall...