Word: coachly
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...stone unturned up to the moment of the contest. Theories are at best merely in the air; it is hard work which is the whole matter. Graduates have said this and undergraduates have felt it, but until lately the inertness of men has made it impossible for a coach to accomplish what he desired, and Harvard has been beaten...
Charles Adams, brother of Geo. Adams the football coach. coached the sophomore crew yesterday...
...meeting of the Athletic Committee last evening the following petition from the executive committee of the Boat Club was discussed: "The Harvard Boat Club hereby petitions the Committee on Athletics that Mr. W. A. Bancroft be allowed to coach the University and Freshman Crews for three years." The petition has been under consideration for over a month, and has been discussed to the bottom. Last night a full meeting of the committee was held, and attar several hours' talk decided by a vote of five to four to reject the petition. No official reason is assigned, and it is understood...
...Harvard must be both surprised and grieved to hear that for some as yet unexplained reason the petition of the boat club to employ Mr. Bancroft as a coach was refused. We consider this to be a great blow to the boating interests of Harvard and particularly unfortunate just now when we seem to be almost at our wits' end. For weeks the CRIMSON has remained silent on this subject being unwilling to announce any rumors, but we have patiently waited until the time should come when the welcome news that the petition had been granted could be published...
...getting on the crew. If this is done faithfully we shall hear no more men talking about now tired they are of training, and shall see none of that listless work which either on the weights or in the boat is so discouraging to a coach and which always results in defeat...