Word: behind
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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From Harvard bridge to the finish the first crew slowly crept up on the second and during the last quarter of a mile, when both crews put the stroke up several points, the first gained nearly a length, finishing about a length of open water behind the second...
...Their chief fault is an occasional tendency to shorten at five and six which effects all the bow oars. Yesterday the boat showed marked improvement in this respect. The change at seven has not, as might be expected, in the least upset the boat. Hartwell is accustomed to rowing behind Wolcott, and seven has all along been one of the weakest spots in the crew...
...back nearly to the Longwood bridge in quarter mile stretches under the coaching of Dr. Hutchinson and Mr. Storrow. The two strokes then changed places and the crews were started down stream again. In the second brush, Bullard's crew showed marked improvement and finished only a few feet behind Ayer's crew. The men then boarded the launch and the shells were towed back to the boat house...
...stop on account of an injury. The weakest spot in the boat all along, however, has been seven. George has now been picked as the best man for the place and is doing well. Wolcott rows well at stroke, keeping an even beat and driving the men well behind...
...radical change was made. Brownell was put in Foster's place at stroke in the first crew, and Foster was moved to stroke in the second. On the way home, the second crew seemed to hold the first in the long stretches, but in the spurts it fell behind, owing to Foster's inability to put the stroke up quickly...