Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cook was in Cambridge last week inspecting the progress of the new shell which Day is building for Yale. He also watched the work of the crew...
...Yale Navy has ordered two new shells for the coming season. Heretofore the Yale crews have for the most part used paper shells, but this year a cedar shell is to be tried. The order for this shell has been given to Davy, the Cambridge boat builder, and it will be ready in six weeks. A new paper shell has also been ordered from Waters. The crew squad has now been reduced to ten men. The track team has also been greatly reduced. The game of the baseball team against Wesleyan showed great weakness in batting, but a far better...
Davy has received an order from the Yale crew management for a shell for the Yale 'varsity...
...Weld Boat Club has bought two of the 'Varsity paper shells and the shell used by the crew of '91 from the 'Varsity management, and will buy a fourth shell from the Riverside Boat Club...
...present, the crew, having just taken to the shell are in one of their transition periods, but there is every reason to suppose that, when they have mastered those elements of watermanship which can be taught only in a racing ship, they will show both uniformity and pace...