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This evening the Cornell crew rowed a series of races against an untrained scratch crew made up of members of the Henley Club. In the Cornell boat were Matthews, Bentley, Roe, Freeborn, Shape, Hall, Louis, H. Hamilton(stroke). On the way down the Americans had the lead, but at the start, the boats were even. The Henley crew then immediately began to draw away, and were a quarter of a length ahead by the time they had pulled sixteen strokes, when they stopped rowing, having broken a rowlock string...
...passage to give the men exercise and keep them to weight. Their meals, which were selected for them, were served in their own cabins, and, under the direction of Mr. Courtney, the coach of the crew, every precaution was taken to have them land in England in first-class shape. At breakfast this morning the crew were presented with an address from 175 of the American passengers wishing them success in their undertaking...
...freshman crew is rowing in very poor form, and Mr. Kidder will have his hands full to get it into shape in time for the race. Its work is principally remarkable for its shortness and for a clip at the beginning of the stroke which destroys whatever benefit it might derive from a fairly good body swing; in fact, the men's heave with the shoulders is quite over before their oar blades take the water, and no sooner are the oars fairly buried than they are allowed to work out by the hands being drawn in very...
...account of injured hands. But things are now brightening up considerably; in the game won from Holy Cross on Saturday all the men except S. Quimby were able to play, and all appear in fine condition again. Carter did no pitching but he covered third base in good shape; he thinks that his arm is all right again and that he will be able to last the whole nine innings next Saturday at Princeton...
...HAVEN, CONN., May 28. - The Yale track athletic team left this afternoon for New York, where it will compete in the annual intercollegiate games at the Berkeley Oval tomorrow. The team is in excellent condition. Richards, the sprinter, is in even better shape than last week at Cambridge and Captain Hickok is likely to make a world's record in the hammer throw. Yale expects to secure 40 points, which should win first place...