Word: bladed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...week the crews with the exception of '97 have been rowing twice a day. The continued practice has developed the men to a rather surprising extent and they are now rowing with comparative smoothness and ease. The chief faults are rushing the slides and a slight raggedness in the blade work...
...whole the men are rowing in fair form, with a rather long and powerful stroke. The blade work, however, is ragged, and the stroke lacks dash. The crews are evenly matched, and it is probable that the race will be close and interesting. The crews rowed yesterday as follows...
...Swain, weight 179, has a tendency to clip his stroke. Fails to keep his blade covered during stroke...
Stroke-Byrd. Is apt to catch with bent arms, and hurries forward at the beginning of the recover. His blade work is poor...
...drilled along the new lines from the start. There will be a short cross-country run, gymnastic exercises, and the usual pull in the tank. In the tank itself there have been some important changes. In place of the old twelve-foot oars with a hole cut in the blade, a new set has been made with the blades shaved down to the same width as the shaft-three inches-which makes the strain less than with the old seven inch blades. The leverage has also been increased. With the old oar there was forty-two inches inboard, which...