Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...past few years. P. Withington's place at centre will be hard to fill. There will be a number of promising men who played on the second team and also material from last fall's victorious Freshman team, which should nearly offset these losses, especially if speed rather than weight is to be a factor in the new game...
...comparison of the two crews Harvard, as last year, is superior to Yale in physique, weight, and experience. Harvard, at present, seems to be by far the smoother rowing crew. The Yale shell, when going at the low stroke of 27, is not well on its keel. Many individual faults are apparent, and the body swing of the crew is poor. Wodell at 7 has a poor finish, and Campbell at 4, weighing over 190 pounds, is very awkward. The latter's rowing makes a bad break in the boat. In spite of these faults, the boat seems to travel...
...less bright prospects than Harvard. Four men were lost by graduation, and there was little good material in the freshman eight and university four of last year. Coach Kennedy, evidently believing that Harvard had won for the last two years by developing men of greater physical strength and weight than his men, began early in the season to look for some heavy oarsmen...
...Wallis returned to the boat. He and Captain Wodell at 7 were the only veterans in the shell from last year's crew. Three other "Y" men were unable to make the crew, their places having been filled by less experienced but larger and stronger men. The present average weight of about 173 pounds indicates that Yale has not a light crew...
...Buckingham '11S., six, of New York City, prepared at Pawling. This is his first year in rowing. His age is 19 years, weight 190 pounds, and height 6 feet, 1 1-2 inches...