Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Springfield Club made the most generous offers possible. They will furnish a tug for the press, which is to follow the boats; they will erect a grand stand near the finish of the race; provide boat-houses for the crews; furnish prizes for the winners; and give a grand Regatta Ball, which they promise shall excel, in decorations and music, anything ever seen in Springfield. Every prospect for an exciting week is most encouraging. Every college reports a good crew in training. The Freshman Ball Tournament will last a week. The city will be crowded with students from twelve colleges...
...Regatta Committee, chosen at the Convention in April, met at Springfield last Saturday. All the colleges, except Bowdoin, were represented by their delegates. The eleven delegates were R. H. Dana, Harvard; H. A. Oakes, Yale; E. M. Hartwell, Amherst; E. P. Alexander, Mass. Agricultural; John Gunster, Williams; F. A. Thayer, Dartmouth; G. M. Spear, Columbia; J. B. Edgerly, Cornell; G. B. Underhill, Trinity; A. D. McClellan, Brown; H. H. Cotton, Wesleyan...
...plan was fully developed and established. The six colleges, represented by their delegates, decided that there should be such a tournament, and that it should take place at Springfield, July 14; each Nine playing with every other Nine. The tournament, coming to a close on the day of the Regatta, will furnish another attraction for Springfield that week, while the large number that will attend insures all the clubs against pecuniary loss. Though the Freshman Nine is, as yet, far from organized, they played a game with the Boston Juniors on Fast day and showed much individual good play...
...business of the Convention then took a moral turn, and a committee of three - Thayer, Whitridge, and Hartwell - were appointed by the chair to stop pool-selling at the regatta. The next vote, as showing that all colleges are unanimously resolved to row as gentlemen, and to avoid all professional tricks or any dealings with professionals, was the most important one passed during the day. It was introduced by Mr. Moses, of Cornell, and reads as follows...
This vote raises college-rowing to a higher position than before, and gives it a more dignified tone. Resolutions were then passed providing for two sets of colors as prizes for the winning University and Freshmen crews, and prohibiting any colleges not represented in the coming regatta from voting at the next annual meeting. A Regatta Committee was then chosen, consisting...