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...Freshman eight was the next to leave the float, rowing as follows: Stroke, Roberts; 7, Ayer; 6, Whitwell; 5, James; 4, McGrew; 3, Hartwell; 2, Switzer; bow, George; cox., Litchfield. The substitute four were also on the water in the shell which they will use at New London. Stroke, Greenough; 3, Graydon; 2, Foster; bow, Bowditch; cox., Stokes. This boat is an improvement on the coxswainless four used by the Freshman substitutes last year, and the crew will be better able to give the University four trial races. Both University and Freshman crews will occupy the same quarters as last...
...four-oared shell which Davy is building for the University crew is completed except for the outriggers. Last year's four-oar will be use by the Freshman substitutes...
...shell designed for the University crew by Mr. Clinton H. Crane was tried for the first time yesterday afternoon. The boat is finer at the bow, wider in the stern, and much more shallow than those built on the old model. The shell is not expected to have extraordinary speed. But it was calculated that if the lines could be made some-what finer without rendering the boat correspondingly unsteady an increase of speed amounting to a couple of seconds in the mile would result. In yesterday's trial the boat appeared to be very steady. Although it is fully...
...Freshman crew used their new shell for the first time yesterday, the men being seated in the following order: Stroke, Roberts; 7, Ayer; 6, Whitwell; 5, Bowditch; 4, McGrew; 3, Graydon; 2, Switzer; bow, Hartwell; cox., Litchfield...
...shell is completed, and will be ready for use today, though it is probable that the crew will not be seated in it until the first of next week...