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...LONDON, June 24th.With one exception Yale's crew this year is entirely composed of new men. Early last fall a number of candidates were got together, and since then the men have been working hard and faith fully. During the winter the work has been very much as it is with us, - four or five hundred strokes on the rowing machines, and a brisk run of a mile or two, being the daily exercise. As spring came on, and the men began to row on the water, the need of a good coach became more and more apparent. A meeting...
Taking it all in all, their life at the quarters is very much enjoyed. It is such a complete change from the hard study of the winter, and there is just excitement enough, in watching the other crews and thinking about the races to prevent anyone's getting tired of the place. As I have said before, the crew are all very well, feeling much better, they say, and certainly looking better than they did just before leaving Cambridge. This afternoon they rowed as follows...
This afternoon the 'varsity crew will give an exhibition row, and the captain of the crew is desirous that the students forget their indifference for a time and be present in large numbers, that the labor of the men during the winter and spring may be made manifest to the undergraduates before Saturday, when the crew goes to New London. Boating has always been the stand-by of Harvard athletics, and the contests on the water interests the non-collegiate world more than all the other athletic sports put together. Whoever, then, is not able to see the races, should...
...judges and timers were gentlemen of the highest reputation, and prominent in athletic circles, so we may feel sure that this record will never be questioned. It was a beautiful race, and it was fairly won against the only antagonist, time. The hard and faithful training of the winter met its reward. In the name of the college, we again congratulate the winner on his great success...
...into the field this spring a team that would do credit to Amherst. Immediately after the Christmas holidays, the nine went into training under the direction of their captain, Mr. Stuart. Over twenty men took part in the regular exercises of the team, and all entered into the severe winter training with great enthusiasm and interest. Welch of the New Yorks, who is considered one of the finest trainers in the country, was engaged to coach the nine. Special attention has been paid to batting this year, in which the nine last year was weak, and men who could...