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...crew was changed considerably from the way it has been rowing in the tank. Yesterday Watriss, '92, was at bow; Powers. '92, at 2; Rantoul, '92, at 3; Vail, '93, at 4; Shaw, '94, at 5; Lynam, M. S., at 6; Kelton, '93, at 7; and Captain Perkins at stroke. C. F. Adams, L. S., acted as coxswain and coached the crew. The men rowed a considerable distance above the Boylston St. bridge, and stayed out for a little over an hour. Last year the crew went out on the river March 13, three weeks later than this year...
...varsity crew rowed on Saturday as follows: Powers stroke, Perkins 7, Kelton 6, Jones 5, Vail 4, Shaw 3, Lyman 2, and Rantoul...
...last three or four days the men have been rowing the full stroke on the sliding seats. Since they have done this they have begun to show some of their rowing style. They have also shown a couple of very decided faults which are general right through the crew. The first is a lack of snap in taking hold of the water, the second is a habit of going back too far. To these may be added a slowness in getting the oar in the water. The new men are also unsteady on the recover, especially just before catching...
...first crew is composed as follows: Simms (stroke), Hagerman, Brewster, Paine, Ferris, Mills, Crosby, Balliet. Hagerman, rowing 7, was on the Cornell crew last year, and, according to the Yale News, gives promise to be a fair one, although he has a number of faults at present. "The general faults of these men," says the News, "are lack of earnestness, complete absence of swing, poor time, and wretched watermanship...
...substitutes, Pike, 160, is acting as stroke at present. He is stiff, does not swing from his hips, meets his oar, and kicks his slide...