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...London, instead of Springfield, is spoken of as the place for the next regatta...
...Record states that the time-keeper for the race at Springfield stopped his watch when the winning crew passed the line, but failed, for some reason, to consult it immediately: "When it was consulted it was found to be running, and the announcement was simply the judgment of the time-keeper, and as such cannot be relied upon." It says further, that Mr. L. J. Powers, President of the Charter Oak Park at Springfield, took the time of each mile, and according to his watch Yale made the four miles in 21.01. This is undoubtedly more nearly right than...
LAST Monday the annual meeting of the University Boat Club was held in Holden Chapel; the president of the club, Mr. Weld of '76, was in the chair. After the reading of the secretary's report of the contests at Springfield and Saratoga, the election of the executive committee for the coming year was in order. Mr. Bancroft proposed the following ticket, which had been agreed upon by the committee of last year: for President, W. F. Weld, '76; Vice-President, H. G. Danforth, '77; Secretary, A. M. Sherwood, '78; Assistant Treasurer, H. J. Harwood, '77. There was no opposition...
...great effort had been made by the managers of the [Philadelphia] regatta to induce other American colleges to enter; but Harvard was so discouraged by the defeat Yale gave her at Springfield that her boating enthusiasm is entirely gone," etc. - New York Paper...
...crew who rowed in the Springfield and Saratoga races last summer there are but two now working. Of the last Freshman crew the captain alone has at this time definitely decided to row. Of the other candidates, two only ever rowed in a shell race, and this a Freshman race, two years ago. Moreover, the majority are under-sized men. The most superhuman captain, with such material to sustain him, could not make our chances brilliant...