Word: bows
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...injury to his back which kept him out earlier in the season. Blake at two is very smooth and long in his work. He has had considerable experience in rowing, rowed on the Sophomore crew last spring and on winning Weld crews for the past two years. Adams, the bow man, is strong and effective but a clumsy oar. The crew as a whole are in their work the longest on the river, but they are rowing a low stroke for a mile race, and wait on the catch sometimes...
...crew up to their work. His fault which is the chief fault of the crew is a tendency to shorten. Marvin and Byrd in the middle of the boat are tall men and have had some experience in four rowing; both row a fairly long stroke. Robinson at bow is a new man; he rowed bow on the Weld '98 crew last year and is strong but slow...
...Perkins's boat has been rowing for three weeks with its present make up and has that advantage over the other crews. Biddle is a good stroke, and Perkins at 3 backs him up with a powerful oar. Brown, No. 2, is rowing a bit roughly and Wood at bow does not seem to use all his strength to advantage. The chief faults of the crew are lack of leg drive and slowness in shooting the hand away on the recover...
Stroke, Higginson 1900; 3, Heath 1900; 2, Fitzgerald 1900; bow, Pierce...
Captain Goodrich's crew went out again with C. P. Adams '99, at bow instead of DuBois, and the crew rowed a few short stretches with Adams' crew. These brushes resulted evenly...