Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...these men, Harris and Latham have now been rowing four years. Ayer has rowed for three years. Dewey, Roberts and Guild have rowed before. Bradford and Fessenden are new men. '86 use their last year's shell, which they bought from the university crew...
...from the Referee's tug as the signal for the crews to get into line. A rope will be stretched across the river, to which four tow boats will be moored, at distances of one hundred feet apart. A man in each boat will hold the stern of a shell. As soon as the shells are in line, two whistles will be sounded as a signal for the men to come out to the full reach...
...names of the '88 men who are about to purchase a four oared shell and organize a crew will not be made public for some time...
Hard luck: "The university boat house is entirely empty, with the exception of a single oared shell, and a home-made canvass canoe." - Princetonian...
...Sale. - Single scull shell, new last season, can be seen at Blakey's boat shop. Price...