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...rowing machines has been put in the gymnasium room. A powerful gasoline engine connected by two shafts with the tank has recently been installed, and by means of two large propellors a surface current of about six miles an hour can be created. This will make the blade-work much more satisfactory as the principal evil of the stationary shell is the weight of dead water that the oar has to displace. Several trials made with the system in the past two weeks have proved successful...
...side and has done very good work. However, this change is only temporary, as he may go back to stroke. H. Bancroft seems to lack none of his effectiveness of last year. Shuebruk is also rowing well, and is fully as good as a year ago. G. Bancroft's blade work is somewhat unsteady at times, but he has improved greatly in getting a beat into the stroke. Lawrence is not very steady in following the stroke and his blade work is only fair. Henderson is pulling a very effective...
...Junior crew has improved much in the past week and is now rowing fairly well together. The crew has a big advantage in its stroke, Bullard, who puts a great deal of life into the men. The men are still a little slow with their hands but the blade work is good. The order is as follows...
...soon as the oar dips into the water, the legs are jammed down hand with the weight of the body on the loins muscles, and the arms moving in unison with the legs. The recover is slow and less jerky than in the stroke previously used. In the blade work, the hands are not dropped in the lap, but are kept on the same level. The feather is carried back flat, and the oar is turned very quickly for the catch. The oar meets the water at an angle of ninety degrees...
...Newell Sophomore crew is rowing poorly at present. The blade work is poor and there is a tendency to hang at the catch, especially on the port side. The men rush their slides badly, causing the boat to be unsteady in the extreme. The order is: Stroke, Boandnan 7, Ayer; 6, McGrew; 5, Bowditch; 4, Bigelow; 3, Haycock; 2, Brown; bow, Clark...