Word: crewe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Definite announcement has been made that the 1923 crew as it is now rowing will go to Annapolis no further changes in the line-up will be made. Harry Sturgis Morgan '23, of New York City, who has been rowing on the first eight all season, has been appointed acting captain for the Annapolis race. W. B. Wood '23, and Henderson Matthews '23, now rowing on the second crew, will be taken on the trip as substitutes. The seating of the Freshman crew is as follows...
...first quarter of a mile, the shells were fairly even, the second having a slight lead. At that point R. Jenney '21 put the stroke of crew B a little higher, and took a lead of half a length over A, while the Unions dropped two lengths behind. As the crews passed under the Massachusetts Avenue bridge--the mile mark--the second crew had a lead of over a length on the University eight, while the Unions still trailed, nearly three lengths in the rear. Although the first boat came up a little in the last stretch, they were just...
...third University eight and the first 1923 crew had a race over the same course, the third crew winning by the narrow margin of five feet. The yearling eight held the lead until the last half mile, when the two shells changed position frequently, the third crew finally putting itself over the line by a hard sprint at the finish that gave it a five foot lead...
These races place the second University crew at the head of the ladder tournament, with the first crew second. The positions of the third University and first Freshman eights is unchanged, being third and fourth, respectively...
Harry A. Murray, Jr., '15, captain and bow of the University eight in 1915, was elected captain of the Union Boat Club crew at a meeting held Saturday. Murray succeeds acting captain Charles C. Lund '16, who stroked the University eight in 1916. Murray has rowed bow for the Unions this season...