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...view of the announcement yesterday that Captain Prior is to appear again this afternoon in right field it seems likely that his shift to this position is to be permanent. Prior, who held down first base for Andover last year, has held down the backstop position this spring until the Worcester game on Saturday when he was sent to right field with Newell taking his place behind...
...first 1929 crew has rowed in its present order for a month, and in view of its work yesterday, there seems to be little likelihood of a shift in the near future. The eight is boated as follows...
...shift of strokes took place after the second crew, in a three-quarter mile race had pulled more than a length ahead of the first, and the third boat, with a length's head start and rowing a slightly shorter course, had kept in front of the Watts-stroked outfit. Yesterday, with Winthrop at stroke on the first, the three crews paddled down the Basin, the first two eights evenly matched and the third crew trailing...
...Shift Long Awaited...
...change of strokes in the first boat was long expected. When Watts supplanted Winthrop in the tank two months ago, it was understood that the shift was a temporary one, made to help speed up Winthrop's recovery; but Watts remained in the pace setter's seat, and except for one day in the vacation, it looked as if he were sure to stroke the Crimson eight against the Tigers...