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Although the '99 crew has lost two of its regular men, it is showing up well. The catch needs livening up, as does the beginning of the recover. The blade work is a bit ragged and there is a tendency to bury the oars too deep. The power when once applied is well sustained to the finish of the stroke. On the whole, barring further accidents, the crew should make a strong bid for a front place on race day. Conroy who has replaced Holden at stroke, tends to bury his oar too deep and is slow on the catch...
...shell which Webb has been building for the 'Varsity crew arrived yesterday afternoon from Worcester, having been transported to Cambridge in a wagon especially built for the purpose. The boat is 64 feet long, 22 inches wide, 10 or 14 1-2 inches deep, the last measurement being from the top of the washstreak. It weighs 236 pounds and is one foot longer than last year's boat. The shell is built of American cedar and is very strong and substantial, having been built to suit a crew averaging 176 pounds. It is longer than any other shell...
...Heath, weight 173, reaches down into the boat. Buries his oar too deep and pulls...
...substitutes are Palmer, Tilton, Boardman and Clark. Palmer buries his oar too deep and yanks in his arms at the finish. Tilton goes too far back. Boardman and Clark fail to get their oars in the water as far as they reach, and they begin to row before the oars are buried. None of them get their oars in at the full reach...
...large courtyard in the centre is the key to the whole arrangement. It will be 125 feet wide and 90 feet deep. Across the rear, fronting on the Niles house, will be an ornamental iron fence, with gates on Linden and Plympton Sts. From the court there will be entrances to the stairways, each of which will serve two suites on a floor. There will also be two entrances on Bow St. As that street is lower than the level of the court the building will be one story higher there than on the court. The only corridor...