Word: metropolitan
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...scrub crews the club had a crew on the water from each class made up of those who failed to make their regular class crews; after the races from these subordinate class crews a Weld eight was formed which won the race for the senior eights in the Metropolitan Regatta in June; this same crew was entered by the club in the National Regatta of Amatuer Oarsmen held in August at Philadelphia and finished its season by finishing a close second in the race for eights and defeating the U. of P. 'varsity crew. The Weld Club was thus...
...safe to say that the decision of the Weld management to enter the Senior eight, which recently won the Metropolitan Regatta, in the National Regatta at Philadelphia will meet with the hearty approval and support of undergraduates. It cannot help being a kind of stimulus to rowing in the University for this crew to enter at Philadelphia and go through the experience of such an important regatta. In a way it will raise the standard of all the Weld crews, and it will tend to strengthen the Weld Boat Club as an independent rowing organization distinct from the University...
...Weld senior crew, which won the race in the Metropolitan Regatta last Thursday, is going to philadelphia to row in the National Regatta of Amateur Oarsmen, to be held in that city on August 14. This step has been decided upon as a result of the interest taken in the crew by a number of graduates, among them Mr. Peabody, Mr. Weld, and Mr. Tudor, who witnessed the race...
...unexampled success of the Weld Boat Club, which has just finished its season by winning most of the events in the metropolitan Regatta, is one of the most encouraging features of the athletic year in the University. More men have used the club this year than has ever been the case before, the excellent system of Weld class crews has been inaugurated, and, in addition to the entry of a junior crew in the Metropolitan, what is really an "intermediate" eight has been developed and has beaten the best crews in New England outside of the colleges...
...annual Metropolitan regatta, which was held on the Back Bay basin yesterday afternoon, resulted in an almost complete series of victories for the Weld Boat Club. Out of six events in which the Weld entered, they won five with comparative ease, demonstrating a superiority that was almost outclassing over their competitors, and bringing to a highly satisfactory close the most successful season of the club's existence...