Word: badness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...GRAND OPERA HOUSE.- "Peck's Bad...
...class races yesterday turned out to be something of a surprise all around, the junior crew, which was the favorite, finishing third; the sophomores coming in first, followed by the seniors. The day was a bad one for a race, as the wind blew directly up the course and made the water very rough. The crews appeared through the draw in the order of their classes, '88 taking the course next the wall; '89 next to her; '90 and '91 the two outside courses...
...would only practice has a show of getting a place in the New York game. The '91 twomile bicycle race came next. Brown, Bailey and Davis were the starters. Davis set the pace at the beginning of the last lap, when all started to spurt. Bailey got a bad fall as he was turning the first corner. Davis and Brown had a lively dash on the back stretch, but Davis managed to come in ahead. Time 6m. 20 1-2s. Crosby, Moen and Bodley came to the scratch for the '91 100-yards dash. Bodley was set back...
...carry their oars through with an even pressure. Their body work on the whole is very good; but some of the men are short in their forward reach and almost all of them go back too far at the finish. The back work is ragged. The time is bad. The men are very strong, but they do not get in their work together. Mr. R. C. Watson and Mr. Harry Keyes have been out with the crew a few times, but they have had no regular coach...
...freshmen are the heaviest of the class crews. They do not get their legs into the stroke. There seems to be no life in the boat. They overreach badly. They do not keep a firm grip on their oars, and fail to get the benefit of the end of their stroke in consequence. Their time is bad. They are extremely careless and have had individual faults. The stroke which they have been practising is much too slow for a race. Mr. Hooper has been coaching the crew of late. Alexander, the stroke of the University boat, has also been giving...