Word: weather
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yale, on the other hand, has been slow in developing this year. New men have had to be found for stroke, 5, 4, 2, and coxswain, but the veterans were not shifted from the seats that they held last year. At New Haven Yale was hampered by poor weather and rough water for a long time, and even after going to Gales Ferry there has been considerable complaint on account of rough water. The Yale crew this year is a well-balanced, smooth-moving combination. The men can send their shell along with considerable speed and in New Haven...
...finals on Saturday were held under the worst possible weather conditions. Rain had fallen all the morning and had covered the track with pools of water. A driving wind and more rain continued until the last event of the day, the final of the 220-yard dash. Considering the conditions, the performances in the finals were fully up to the average intercollegiate standard...
...University crew defeated Cornell on Saturday over the one and seven-eighths mile course in the basin by 37 seconds, which under the prevailing Weather conditions represents a full 10 lengths. The decisive nature of this victory is to be accounted for by saying that the University crew proved better and the Cornell crew worse than expectations. Although the crews' chances were estimated as equal, and the high wind was even considered to give the advantage to the superior watermanship of Cornell, the University boat took the lead at the very start and crossed the finishing line without ever being...
...race was started shortly after 2 O'clock, under the most adverse weather conditions. After a wait of some minutes in a cold drizzle of rain, the crews were obliged to contend against a head-wind, amid seas which threatened to swamp them at any moment. The oars-manship exhibited under these circumstances was creditable to both crews...
...last the string of defeats which Harvard crews have suffered at the hands of Cornell has been broken and a more decisive victory could not have been desired. The very unfortunate weather conditions were as unfavorable to one crew as to the other and it is a source of satisfaction to the rowing authorities to win in rough water and reverse last year's result, when Cornell won at Ithaca by a scant margin through better oarsmanship in a choppy...