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...Senior, Junior and Sophomore Newell crews and the Senior and Junior Weld crews went out on the river for the first time yesterday afternoon. The water was very smooth and almost entirely free from ice so that it was possible to use the shells without danger. Each crew was out about half an hour and rowed in short stretches by fours and eights. The blade work of all the men was rather ragged but for the first day the rowing was very encouraging...
...team defeated the Newton Y. M. C. A. at Newton last night, by a score of 32 to 14. The Harvard team played a slow game and, by making a large number of fouls, enabled the Newton team to score an unnecessary number of goals. Good team work with smooth running off of signals, however, won the game...
...with which the entire eleven plunged into the plays were the principal causes of Harvard's victory. This offset the Pennsylvania attack, and when that was done the team gained its opportunity to win. Here again, in the attack, quickness was the essential feature. The interference was not very smooth, it was not especially steady and was not strong, but the speed and the vigor with which the plays started was sufficient to make long consecutive gains around and through the cumbersome Pennsylvania line. This speed, however, to be successful in later games must be effective by team play...
Foster, number 2, is smooth with his oar, but lacks the dash which usually characterizes Freshman oars. He is erratic about getting his blade in, but at times gets a firm drive through the stroke...
...work of the crew seemed especially smooth and clean, showing a hard drive and quick recover. To all appearances the eight should be rowing in excellent form with the two more weeks of coaching left them...