Word: launch
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Lehmann coached the Junior crew from the launch yesterday before the 'Varsity practice. Under his direction the men lengthened out the stroke considerably and showed a marked improvement at the end of the practice...
...Varsity crew rowed two stretches up stream yesterday afternoon. Dr. J. Williams White, of the U. of P., Dr. Brooks, and Webb, the Worcester boat builder, watched the crew from the launch...
...Crocker '74, Mr. F. G. Peabody '69 and Mr. R. C. Watson '69 watched the 'Varsity crew row from the launch Saturday...
...University crew yesterday afternoon started on a practice four-mile pull, but were swamped after rowing a little over three miles. A strong westerly wind was blowing at four o'clock, but after the launch had been sent down river to make arrangements for having all the bridges raised promptly on a signal from the whistle, it was decided to row in spite of the adverse conditions. The crew paddled up to a point just below the Weld Boat Club house and were started by Mr. Lehmann. They were boated in the following order: Stroke, J. F. Perkins; 7, Goodrich...
...crew suffered accordingly. After shooting the Longwood bridge into the basin the seas began to wash into the boat, and at a point about midway between the Harvard Bridge and the Union Boat Club the barge filled with water and the crew were obliged to swim to the launch. The men were taken immediately to the Union house and driven out to Cambridge from there in carriages. The launch then returned to the submerged barge and towed it back to the boathouse...