Word: lightest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...heaviest candidate for Columbia's crew weighs 202 pounds, and the lightest...
There are now twenty men trying for the freshman crew. They are, as a rule, good solid looking men and ought to give a good account of themselves at New London next spring. The heaviest man trying weighs 183 pounds and the lightest...
...said to be an excellent single oarsman, although most of his time this year has been spent in the eight. Stevenson and Hartridge, the other two men, have rowed before in their class boats. Cadwell, the little coxswain, has grown rather heavier since last year, but is still the lightest man at Yale. He has had a great deal of experience and steers a wonderfully straight course...
John R. Chainey, from the Chelsea Boat House, London, has recently been engaged by Yale to coach and train the 'varsity, under the general direction of Bob Cook. Since the arrival of Chainey, Caldwell has taken the place of Appleton as stroke, and, though the lightest man in the boat, is doing well. The crew's stroke is inclined to be a trifle short and snappy, a defect which will be overcome...
...know, the present crew is the lightest university eight Harvard has ever had; it averages five pounds lighter than either the '83 or '84 crews. But this is no reason why we should not be victorious this year. Our chances for both 'varsity races are good. The men are now rowing pretty well together and the stroke which they row is well adapted to the crew. It must be remembered, however, that Yale has a heavy and powerful crew, and that it is precisely the same as their '84 crew; and the stroke which they use is the same...