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...eight-oared shell, with a complete set of oars, was recently ordered from Sims & Sons, of Putney. London, England. The boat will be delivered early next summer, and will be built according to the English model and English rowing theories. It will have short outriggers, rowlocks without swivels, and seats arranged alternately on the port and starboard sides of the boat. The seat at each place will be near the side opposite the outrigger...
...keel has already been laid for the new University eight-oared shell now being built at Davy's boat shop. The boat will be built in accordance with Coach Wray's ideas, and will be somewhat longer and narrower than last year's shell. The length will be 61 feet, while the beam will be 23 inches...
Last Monday the University crew went out on the river for the first time this spring, and the Freshmen went out for the first time on Wednesday. Yesterday afternoon the University crew used a shell for the first time since last fall; but the first and second Freshman and the second and third University crews were still confined to barges...
...started with became loose. On their second trip up-stream the men went about a half a mile again in easy stretches before turning. They rowed all eight most of the time and went along in fairly satisfactory style, despite the fact that they were in the 1905 shell, which was not rigged to suit the needs of the men individually. At stroke Morgan showed some improvement over his performances early in the week and Severance at number 7 seemed to have lengthened out his stroke somewhat. The men got fairly well together at times and the crew...
...further pursuance of the secondary rowing plan two new eight-oared shells have been purchased by the trustees of the Weld Boat Club and the Athletic Committee respectively, and one has been placed in the Weld and the other in the Newell boathouse. They were built by Davy of Cambridge, and are heavier and more durable than the shells usually constructed for the University and Freshman crew each year. These shells will be used by two of the first upperclass crews this spring and the other first upperclass crew will have a shell used by a University crew of recent...