Word: wharf
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew reached New London Saturday at half past four. A light paper shell had been rigged up and left at the wharf; in this the men were to row to quarters. The launch was also waiting at the wharf to transfer the extra men and the baggage. Vail and Fearing went on the launch and their places 6 and 5 were filled respectively by Perkins and Blake. Richardson and Eddy met the crew at the float. They had gone up in the morning with the other boats. The water was very smooth and the day very hot. The quarters were...
...starting point might be as short as possible. Obviously it is an advantage to have the suspense and worry before the race reduced to a minimum. In consequence, each captain has been accustomed to tax his ingenuity to the utmost not to be the first to leave the wharf. The delay which results has always proved a cause of annoyance and inconvenience both to judges and spectators. Since the custom in itself is useless, we would urge the captains of the Ninety-three and Ninety-four crews in particular to use their influence this year to see that all four...
...valet. Cupid still continues to stretch "the silver cord of love" between the Harvard man and his operatic loved one, and as the correct working out of the plot demands that they should come together, the wife of the Harvard man and his valet very conveniently fall off a wharf and are drowned! While the story, as a whole, has some good descriptions, the idea of it is highly improbable...
...crews, four in number, rowed in barges. The course was in front of the boat house, from the bend just below the coal wharf down to the bridge. It was a very short course but it seemed to use up the men pretty well...
...Watriss rowed 6 and Powers 2. After some spins in front of the boat house, Keyes L. S. got out and Herrick '90 took the bow oar. Mr. Keyes '87 coached from a pair-oar which he steered. They went up a few hundred yards above the stonecutter's wharf at a stroke of 22 or 23 to the minute. The form of the crew was an improvement over their work on Tuesday, but the port side caught the water sooner than the starboard and the port men being more powerful the boat gave a vicious lurch to starboard every...