Word: welds
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first crew, though powerful, is still rough and lacks snap. The three lower crews, on the other hand have more life, but fail to get a good leg drive. All the crews hang at the catch, a fault which has lately seemed worse at the Newell than at the Weld. The Newell Freshmen have been finally organized and no more changes will be made unless absolutely necessary. On the first crew, a powerful leg drive has been attained, but at the expense of clipping and rushing. The lower crews are mostly inexperienced and light. Nevertheless all the Freshman crews...
Work at the Weld has not progressed as well as at the other club. The orders of the upperclass crews have been frequently changed, and smoothness is therefore lacking. The Weld Freshmen are at present in very poor shape. Not only are the men mostly small and inexperienced, but they seem to lack desire to improve. In consequence, it has been impossible to grade them finally. The second Freshmen have damaged their shell in a collision with a bridge, and are now using a barge...
...Weld Boat Club has just received a new racing shell from Davy, as a gift from Mrs. Charles F. Sprague, a niece of G. W. Weld '60, the founder of the club. It is intended to take the place of the old racing shell built in 1897-98. The new shell is 62 feet long, 23 inches wide, and 10 inches deep. It is constructed of Spanish cedar, both on the body and on the wash boards. A new system of bracing not yet tried here has been used and will probably prove very satisfactory...
...Fourth Weld -- Stroke, Richmond; 7, Joralemon; 6, Deming; 5, Miller; 4, Winsor; 3, Morgan; 2, Meier; bow, Williams; cox., Sharron...
...Third Weld -- Stroke, Inglis; 7, Dyer; 6, Jackson; 5, Sawyer; 4, Robbins; 3, Derby; 2, Green; bow, Roberts; cox., Borden...