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...Yale Freshman Crew began rowing in a shell during the recess...
...Yale shell has been taken from the tank and the water drawn off, as the crew will row on the harbor in the future...
...Harvard" was shortly after superseded by a six oared shell, the first of its kind in America. She had all the latest improvements, including spoon oars, and was in a number of races, in most of which she took first prizes...
...firm of J. Bergmann & Brothers of Troy, are about to build for the Yale University crew a new paper shell, to combine all the advantages of shells hitherto used, without disadvantages. It is 65 feet by 25 inches, one foot longer and one inch wider than the shell used in last year's race. This shell is to be tested by the Yale crew and is sent by the manufacturers merely as an experiment...
...train the crew. They have as yet no training table, and no restrictions have so far been placed on their diet and beverages. It has always been felt that considerable valuable time has been lost each spring in changing from the action of hydraulic machines to the light swift shells that are used on the harbor, so that the practice in the tank is anxiously looked forward to. Of course all that the candidates can do in the way of speed is to churn up the water while the shell remains stationary. - New York Herald...