Word: bladed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...time of both crews is very poor and the blade work is ragged although the first crew is better than the second in these respects. The individual faults of the men are as follows...
...race but they are "sandy" and very quick. They will row in a shell made by Waters. The gravest criticism of the crew as a whole is a tendency to rush forward the slides, which gives a perceptible halt to the boat at the finish of every stroke. The blade work is excellent, although it is not always sustained...
...freshman crew went to the training table yesterday. Jones '92 seems to be doing pretty effective work with them. They have improved steadily since they went upon the water. The time and blade work looks good - quite as good as any freshman crew for years at this time. The stroke is very short and the men row into their laps. Grant, at No. 5, seems to be the man who is keeping the crew from doing its best work. It was thought that he would be the backbone of the crew; but at present he sadly weakens the crew...
...crew is doing very vigorous and effective work. It is improving rapidly. The blade work is pretty good. As a whole the crew lacks strength; but if it keeps up its present rate of improvement it will make up for its lack of strength with greater skill. It has been without a coach till Rantoul has assisted within a few days. The order: Stroke, Watriss; 7, Weed; 6, Steedman; 5, Hunt; 4, Hubbard; 3, Kidder; 2, Frost; bow, Young or Agassiz. Perry the coach has been sick, but will be out in a few days...
...fine condition. The individual work can not be much criticized under the present condition as it can not be well directed by the coach in the stern of the boat. As a whole the men seem to row fairly well together for this time of the year. The blade work seems also to be fairly good. The stroke so far has been kept very slow so that it is impossible to form any judgment of what the new men will do when they are put into a shell...