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...only outside race of the week has been a very informal brush between the Technology Sophomore crew and a mixed crew made up from the 1923 A and B boats. The Engineers had little difficulty in pulling away from the Sophomore combination, which had never rowed together before and as a result failed to exhibit any signs of first class watermanship...
This morning all three crews went for a practice row down-stream where special attention was given to practice in starts. On the three-mile stretch back to the boathouse, a short brush was held between the 1923 eight and the second crew, in which the Freshmen were victors by about a length and a half...
...time having the crew practice starts, ending up by a brisk row over a two-mile stretch, for which no time was taken. In the afternoon the three crews went for a six-mile row down stream, going at an easy pace. On the way back, in a short brush, the University boat led the Freshman and Second shells by a scant length...
...University eights had their last workout on the Charles yesterday afternoon, when the first and second crews had a two and one-half mile brush, the former winning by four lengths after they had given the scrubs a two-length handicap. There was a slight shift in the second boat because H. Brown was unable to row on account of a slightly sprained back. S. A. Duncan '22 went from 6 to stroke and D. H. Morris '21 took his place. Soon after their arrival at Red Top this afternoon the eights will get on the water for a short...
...feature event of the regatta was the informal race between the first University eight and the M. I. T. crew, in which the Crimson boat was victorious, leading the Tech crew by a length at the finish. The eights rowed very nearly together for the greater part of the brush, Jenney keeping the stroke of the University oarsmen down to a low point...