Word: crewe
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...call attention to an article in another column in which a contributor discusses the advisability of the Freshmen rowing races with other Freshmen crews. The writer seems to us to prove successfully that the advantages of such races do not offset the expense incurred in carrying them out, and that now that class races afford ample opportunity for initiating Freshmen in rowing, the necessity of meeting outsiders for the purpose of practice in racing is almost wholly done away with. We are aware that the advocates of outside contests urge that the more experience a man has in racing...
...question of sending the Yale University Crew to England this summer is under discussion among the graduates of Yale, who seem very favorably disposed to the idea. We offer Yale our warm support in the matter, and hope they can be as successful in England next summer, as they were at New London this summer. Their crew is an extremely fine one, and it seems hard that, when Harvard or Yale has such a crew, it should not be sent abroad to show Oxford and Cambridge what we are doing in America. We have only one word of caution...
...pulled upon the Crew...
...barges; and, judging from the closeness of the contest, they may be considered very successful. There seemed to be a little confusion in the management, notably in the absence of one stake-boat, and in the tug-boat provided; but these matters were forgotten as soon as the crews got under way. The Sophomores drew the inside course, nearest Beacon Street, then came the Juniors, and on the outside were the Seniors. Owing to the absence of the stake-boat before alluded to, the Seniors had a slight disadvantage on the start. The Sophmores soon drew ahead, Curtis working...
Between the Sophomores and Seniors the most exciting struggle is expected. The former have their old crew of last spring, with one exception. The men row well together, make fast time, and stand a very good chance of winning. They average 168 lbs., and will probably row as follows: Curtis (stroke); Cabot (7); Hammond (6); Belshaw (5); Sawyer (4); Burch (3); Perin (2); Sherwood...