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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...afternoon the three crews headed down stream where the first eight paddled over about three miles while the yearlings raced the second boat over the two-mile course. Although no time was taken, the Freshmen showed up very well, leading Crew B at the finish line by half a length. This is indicative of the progress made at Red Top by the first-year men under the supervision of Coach Herbert Haines. Every indication points to a very close race between the Crimson and Blue 1923 crews...
...mile stretch, for which no time was taken. In the afternoon the three crews went for a six-mile row down stream, going at an easy pace. On the way back, in a short brush, the University boat led the Freshman and Second shells by a scant length...
...CONN., June 15.--This morning the University eight went for a four-mile practice row during which special emphasis was laid upon body swing. The Freshman and second crew held a short race of half a mile in which the 1923 oarsmen led by half a length, while the men of the first crew watched from the motor boat which followed the shells...
...prevented from seeing where it went by a playful trick of the manager, who tripped him up as he turned to look. Houghton, however, swears that it was a long fly and went into the river. The ball did not float, so there is no means of verifying the length of the hit, or whether it went backwards or forward...
...feature late Saturday afternoon was a race of half a mile between the 1923 crew and a combination eight made up of coaches, old Harvard oarsmen and substitutes. The race was exciting from start to finish, but the Freshmen managed to finish half a length ahead of the combination crew. The line-up of the combination was as follows...