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...Linder '19 was put in his place. Davis was moved to the first boat at the time of the shake-up, but R. M. Sedgwick '21, who rowed against the Navy and was then reduced to the second crew, has now resumed his seat in the first shell...
...notion of a distinctive color for each university had not been thought of in American institutions. In the spring of that year, however, a regatta was to be held on the harbor and six enterprising University students, among them President Eliot, then an instructor in the University, secured a "shell" of rather ponderous bulk and steered by the bow oar with the aid of a foot attachment. On the day of the regatta the Harvard oarsmen discovered that fourteen crews were entered in the race and after a consultation they decided that some sort of insignia must be worn...
Rowing is the most popular spring sport in the University. With a class regatta on Thursday deep interest has developed among the contending eights. But it has been the dim prospects of a meeting with a Yale shell that has served to put the increased vitality into the work at the boat house. It is only just that such endeavor should be rewarded, if financially it is possible...
...first shell has been greatly weakened by the loss of five regulars. B. L. Heminway '21, stroke, has had to stop rowing because of the influenza, and G. S. Rockefeller '21, M. Patterson '20, McHenry '20, and Carson '21 coxswain will also be out of the race with Pennsylvania on Saturday...
...eight rowed on the Charles yesterday in the following order: S. Bradlee; 7, Garland; 6, McCagg; 5, Terry; 4, Kane; 3, Whitman; 2, Duncan; B., Appleton. Not until Thursday, however, will the final make-up of the shell be announced...