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...could not be determined in a year's time, but most of the followers of the scheme had agreed that the race with Princeton on October 25 would go far towards showing whether or not the system warranted a continuation. The Yale crew came across the finish line a length behind Princeton after a two-mile race, which was characterized for Yale as splashing, unfinished and unrhythmical, the eight men being utterly exhausted. This seems to have decided the matter in the eyes of the graduate and undergraduate bodies, the general consensus of opinion being that unless Yale wishes...
...fourth crew race one point. The club having the highest total will win the cup. Since the system involves several races, it is imperative that a crew coming in a good second be credited. Therefore if the winning crew in each race does not win by a full length, its club loses half a point, and the other club gains that half point...
Practice yesterday was light as each crew went up-stream only as far as the first bridge, and took short stretches to keep with Coach Wray, who accompanied the boats in a single. He spent most of his time coaching the men to keep length in their strokes when rowing fast, where the tendency in most boats is to chop the strokes short and rush the slide back, thus losing much power...
...University crew rowed, alone, while the second and third tried some starts together on the home stretch, the second gaining between quarter and half a length on the third each time...
...Princeton crew defeated the Yale crew on Lake Carnegie, Princeton, Saturday afternoon by a length over a one and five-eighths mile-course. The Princeton oarsmen with but three weeks training under Dr. Spaeth, rowed well together and with seeming ease at 35 or 36 strokes to the minute. The Yale crew, using a modified form of the English system, struggled to keep an uneven 32 to 34 stroke. The times were as follows: Princeton, 9m., 39 1-5s.; Yale...