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...physicians, who have given the subject any thought or attention, unanimously agree that a race of four miles is but a needless test of a man's endurance, and that no man can row that distance, spurred on by ambition and excitement and straining every muscle at each stroke, without some serious injury, which is sure to make itself apparent sooner or later. Such a strain on both nerves and muscles can not be without effect, as has been shown in many cases, during or immediately after the race. It is a well known fact that boating men are short...
...race with Wesleyan at Lake George, in July, Bowdoin will be represented by three of her senior crew, consisting of W. O. Plimpton, stroke; W. G. Reed, No. 2, captain; E. M. Curtis, bow; No. 3 to be selected from Chase, '83, Brown and Adams, '84. Men will at once begin active training and their friends have the fullest confidence that on the day of the race they will give a good account of themselves. It is reported, and, probably, on good authority, that plans for a $15,000 gymnasium structure have been drawn by a Boston architect. - [Post...
Exhibition of Rowing on the Weights (100 strokes) by the University Crew of 1882 - Bow, E. T. Cabot, '83; No. 2, F. L. Sawyer, '83; No. 3, Wm. Chalfant, Jr., 82; No. 4, C. M. Hammond, '83, (captain); No. 5, R. P. Perkins, '84; No. 6, S. I. Hudgens, '84; No. 7, E. A. S. Clarke, '84: Stroke, C. P. Curtis...
...Haviland, Corpus, 155 lbs.; No. 3, G. S. Fort, Hertford, 171 lbs.; No. 4, E. Buck, Hertford, 170 1/2 lbs.; No. 5, A. R. Patterson, Trinity, 181 lbs.; No. 6, D. Brown, Hertford, 174 lbs.; No. 7, R. S. Kindersley, Exeter, 185 lbs.; stroke, A. H. Higgins, Magdalen, 131 1/2 lbs. At Cambridge, bow, L. R. Jones, Jesus, 158 lbs.; No. 2, S. P. Smith, 1st Trinity, 156 lbs.; No. 3, P. W. Atkin, Jesus, 170 lbs.; No. 4, S. Fairbairn, Jesus, 191 lbs.; No. 5, J. C. Fellowes, 1st Trinity, 177 lbs.; No. 6, E. Lambert, Pembroke...