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...times, several men are slow at the catch, slow in getting the arms straight, and do not use the legs hard at the right time. Adams seems to be a judicious, effective coach, and highly appreciated by those who know the work he does. Present arrangement of the crew: Stroke, Perkins '91; 7, Kelton '93; 6, Vail '93; 5, Cummings '93; 4, Lynam, M. S.; 3, Rantoul '92; 2. Powers '92; bow, Newell...
Gould has been put stroke of the Yale crew, and Simms who has been rowing stroke has taken Gould's place...
...Peabody had grown tired of waiting and gave the word at 21 minutes and 24 seconds after 5, although the freshmen were not ready for the start. Naturally enough the freshmen fell behind and were fully a length and a half behind at the end of the first five strokes. Ninety-three had the lead the first few strokes but soon gave place to Ninety-two, Ninety-three being third. The seniors were rowing a quick, powerful stroke-fully thirty-eight to the minute-and almost all of the way down the course kept up this number...
...evident to all now that Ninety-two did not care for anything but first place and this was made more manifest by an excellent spurt which she now made, rowing forty strokes to the minute, a spurt so effective that her lead was fully two lengths, five hundred feet below the bridge, and it was at about this place that the accident of the race occurred. Ninety-one and Ninety-three (a half a length behind the seniors) were both spurting, when unfortunately the senior boat-whose coxswain ever since the bridge had been steering on Ninety-three's course...
...Stroke, J. W. Glidden, Newcastle...