Word: boat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There will be a meeting of the boat club this (Tuesday) evening at 7.30 p. m., in Upper Massachusetts Hall, to elect officers and discuss rowing matters...
...soon as the men had come together, they started for the boat house and all were given a chance to go out, by eights, in the '88 barge. The primary principles of watermanship and the correct position of the body were explained to them and some time was spent in practicing with straight arms...
...Yale junior crew narrowly escaped sinking a day or two ago, their boat having filled with water which leaked through a hole in the deck...
...once rowed may obtain much information by following the crews year after year, but it is impossible for him to fairly discriminate between what are real improvements and what are only apparent ones, unless he has actually tested them in the boat...
...system, and seemed to have also adopted the English style of rigging, for their slides were noticeably shorter than those of the Yale crew. Until June 1 the crew used English oars, which have much smaller blades than the American style, and the men in the waist of the boat were seated on the side, as in the English university crews, instead of directly over the keel. Both these experiments were abandoned nearly a month before the race, but they must have materially retarded the progress of the crew. Such experiments are necessary, and often prove beneficial to a crew...