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...afternoon the Freshman four beat the scrub four by half a length in a mile race. The second crew then went over the Henley distance at a high stroke but no time was taken. The stroke was high, 34 to 38 a minute. Finally, the first crew rowed three miles downstream in a little over 16 minutes. The good effect of the morning row with Wray in the boat was still noticeable. The Freshmen took only a short paddle...
Early in the spring the CRIMSON considered at some length the question of encouraging sentiment for scholarship at Harvard. Among its recommendations at the time was one that Phi Beta Kappa elect men entirely according to their records at the College Office...
...bridge in launches and raced up-stream. At the two-mile mark the Freshmen relieved the second and raced the last two miles. Since it was pitch dark no official time was taken. The second rowed a higher stroke than the first and after a final spurt was two lengths ahead at the two-mile mark. Freshmen lost most of this lead at the end of a mile. The last leg was faster but the first could not meet the spurt of the 1917 boat, and the latter finished three quarters of a length ahead...
Yale Crew Quarter, Gales Ferry, Conn., June 11.-Freshmen and second varsity raced for two-miles, the second winning by a length and half. The first boat went three miles down-stream at a 24 stroke. In the afternoon all boats paddled about two and a half miles...
...afternoon. At 6 o'clock the northeast breeze braced around into the south west, and, with the tide at the flood the first and second University boats lined up on the two-mile mark. The race was close and exciting throughout. At one time the first was nearly a length ahead, but the second cut the lead to a question of feet at the finish just off the float. The unofficial time for the race was 9.30. In the next race, the substitute or "gentlemen's" four, consisting of the two University subs., Busk and Herrick, and the two Freshman...