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There is just a slight "flick" at the finish which enables the oars to be brought out of the water clean, and then comes in the feature advocated by J. Watson Taylor-the shooting out of the arms from the body like the "rebound of a billiard ball from the cushion." This gets the shell of the hands easily. The hands are shot a trifle downward, feathering being done at the same time, and then follows the slide forward, in which the ingenuity of Mr. Cook excels. Instead of the eight men letting their bodies move gradually forward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bob Cook's Work with the Yale Crew. | 4/15/1891 | See Source »

...Johnson '94, won first place in the billiard tournament. Parker '91, Meadows '93, Shaw Sp., Davis '93, and Lockett '92, will contest for second place after the recess. Both prizes are cues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/31/1891 | See Source »

...following matches have been played in the billiard tournament: Shaw, Sp., beat Hymans '92, 100 to 73; Lockett '92, beat Barron '91, 100 to '97; Johnson '94, beat Davis '93, 100 to '92, Austrian '91, beat Goodrich '93, 100 to 68; Meadows '93, beat Kohn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/13/1891 | See Source »

...final contest in the Yale billiard tournament lay between S. Morrison and W. B. Franklin. Morrison won after a very exciting contest, winning by a score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/11/1891 | See Source »

...Yale University Club billiard tournament was won by S. B. Morrison...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/7/1891 | See Source »

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