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...Stroke, Perkins '91, age 21, weight 168 height...
...Stroke, Captain Parker '91, weight 187, age 22, height...
...freshman crew is still being changed about and the order for the past few days is as follows: Stroke Glidden; 7, Bond; 6, Shea; 5, Waters; 4, Fay; 3, Johnson; 2, Thompson; bow, Blake. Bond was tried at stroke for a few days but is again rowing 7. The crew is still in the barge and will probably stay there until a few days before they leave for New London. The rowing has not improved much since the class races. The catch is hard but it is not carried through with any effect. The watermanship is very poor. A quicker...
...Friday the crew did not get out till very late in the afternoon. They went down into the Basin; and in spite of the rough water tried the hard, four mile pull back. The crew was made up as follows: Stroke, Perkins '91; 7, Kelton '93; 6, Vail '93; 5, Cummings '93; 4, Lynam M. S.; 3, Rantoul '92; 2, Powers '92; bow, Jones '92. Newell '94, regularly at bow, was in the launch...
...working hard over their individual faults, but much still remains to be done before it goes to New London. Stroke rows very smoothly but is apt to be slow in getting his arms straight on the recover. 7 starts his body too fast on the recover, is apt to drop at the full reach, start his slide too soon on the stroke and not handle his oar clearly. 6 lifts the boat in the stroke, rows short and feathers very awkwardly. He rows smoothly and improves in some of his work. 5 is apt to be very unsteady. He feathers...