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...take charge of boating matters. Naturally enough they strove to inculcate in the crew those principles with which they were most familiar, viz., those which pertained to the English or Bancroft system of rowing. Despite the fact that the method introduced by Storrow had brought about the over-whelming defeat of the Yale giants in '85, despite the manifest adoption by Yale of the essential feature of this method, and her consequent successes and despite the marked improvement in the speed of the boat since '85, the crew of '88, we are told, endeavored to "unlearn the radically wrong principles...
...best means of settling the contest. The drawing gave F. W. Nichols, '92, first prize; F. M. Brown, '90, second, and S. W. Sturgis, '90, third. The games among these players have been so even that several attempts to play off the tie resulted in one victory and one defeat for each man. So much time has been consumed in these matches the only practicable means of finishing the tournament seemed an appeal to chance...
...Everett. Meanwhile F. W. Nicolls was making a plucky but losing fight. H. A. Davis lost a considerable advantage by a careless move, and had to resign soon after Nicolls. The others were more fortunate. F. M. Brown played a winning game throughout, and was the first to defeat Mr. Cummings. H. Webster also won a victory, making the total score five games to two in Mr. Cummings' favor. A few members of the Boston club had also taken tables, so that eleven games were in progress at once. The visitors were very cordially received and invited to come...
Last year Harvard was unfortunate in losing the match with the University of Pennsylvania, but defeat shows only that effort should be made to put as strong a team as possible in the field this year, and in order to do that it is necessary for every member of the club to be present at all the meetings he can, and to lend his aid in every...
...there was some complaint at the delay on the part of the freshman management in replying to Yale's challenge. At that time there was some apprehension lest the authorities here should forbid the freshmen to row any intercollegiate race. It was thought necessary on account of '91's defeat last year by Columbia to challenge Columbia this year, but on account of the doubt in regard to being allowed to row any race, no challenge was sent for some time. The delay in replying to Yale's challenge was made, therefore, on account of the necessary delay in sending...