Word: blades
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Weld Senior crew has improved rapidly in the last few days and has secured a beat and drive which two weeks ago was totally lacking. Their blade work is still a little ragged, bow four having a tendency to clip. The make-up follows: Stroke, Morrill; 7, Palmer; 6, Ttlton (capt.); 5, Martin; 4, Holden; 3, Sherburne; 2, Hawes; bow, Ayer; cox., Wadleigh, Cole...
...coaching thus far has consisted mainly in an endeavor to remedy ragged blade work and to get the different crews as near a unit as possible. There have been encouraging signs of improvement among all the crews, but any marked advance toward finished work is hardly to be expected so early in the season. Donovan at the Weld and Vail at the Newell have done practically all the coaching, although the graduate coaches, Mr. J. J. Storrow '85, Mr. G. S. Mumford '87 and Mr. H. W. Keyes '87, will assist in coaching as soon as the launches are ready...
Yesterday there were seven crews from the Newell club on the river. A considerable improvement is evident in the blade work of the first crews, and the boats are travelling much more smoothly than they did last week. Vail as usual coached the work from a single, giving each crew an equal amount of attention, and laying special stress on body-work and form. Mr. E. C. Storrow also did some coaching, mostly from the float, but later in the afternoon he coached the Seniors and the Juniors from the coxswain's seat. The Sophomore second crew went...
...time yesterday. The four crews rowed for about a half an hour up and down in front of the boathouse, starting at first by fours and then rowing with the whole eight. Vail coached from a single. A high wind was blowing, making the water rough, so that the blade work was a trifle ragged, but on the whole the crews rowed fairly evenly considering that it was their first day on the water. Following is the order of the eights...