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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yesterday afternoon the University crew squad went out on the river for the first regular fall practice. Two eights went upstream from the University boat-house about 1 and 1-4 miles and returned in easy stretches. The first crew had never rowed together before and consequently was very ragged in form, but the second eight, which was the same as the 1909 Freshman crew, with the exception of the coxswain, seemed to row very well considering the fact that it was their first time in a shell for three months. Captain Bacon coached from the "John Harvard...
...five yards for illegal use of hands, and then on a fumble Parker got the ball on the 33-yard line. Wendell gained eight yards through right tackle and then Apollonio made three more. Foster followed with a two yard gain and then Newhall tried a quarterback kick which went outside on the 17-yard line. The University team secured the ball but failed to gain. D. Brown tried to punt out of danger, but Parker broke through the line and blocked the punt. Kersburg falling on the ball over the line. Kennard failed to kick the goal...
...first down, and then lost the ball on downs on its own 50-yard line. Kerans gained five yards through the line and then Taylor made a quarterback kick, Wendell getting the ball on the 28-yard line. Foster tried a forward pass, but it struck the ground and went to the second team on the University eleven's 20-yard line. Lockwood lost ten yards trying an end run, and Nourse passed high, the first team getting the ball at the centre of the field. Foster punted to Taylor over the latter's head, but he recovered the ball...
This morning the Yale university eight, accompanied by the freshman eight paddled about two miles on the Thames at a slow pace. The university and freshman four-oared boats went up stream, racing a short distance and finishing even...
...freshman eight raced the university boat for the first two miles and was ahead at the mile flag, but then fell off, passing the second mile flag off the Navy Yard about a length behind. Both crews rowed a slow stroke, except near their finish. The university four-oar went about two and a half miles in short stretches down stream, but returned in one stretch rowing hard. The freshman four-oar had an easy seven-mile row down stream to Cow Point, and back to the quarters...