Word: brush
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...going out, and was then sent only two and one-half miles down stream against a heavy wind. Despite this handicap, good progress was made, and the shell went along smoothly over the choppy water. The men rowed a 28 and a 29 stroke. Coming back, they had a brush with the second crew, which had a start of two lengths. Although the first gained considerably, it was unable to catch the second before the finish...
GALES FERRY, June 14.--Late this afternoon the Yale university crew and the, freshman crew rowed two miles up the river returning in two stretches of one mile each. The university crew won by half a length in the first brush and a length and a half in the second. The stroke of the first crew was kept at 28 and that of the freshman crew at 30. In the morning the freshman crew had only light work and the four-oar practiced starts. The university crew...
GALES FERRY, June 13.--The Yale university crew had easy practice this evening, rowing only to the Navy Yard and returning in a brush with the Freshmen. The university crew came in half a length ahead, both crews making good time. In the morning the university crew covered the four-mile course in 20 minutes, 18 seconds, unofficial time...
...June 6.--All the crews rowed today at 5.30 o'clock. The first and second University boats and the Freshman eight rowed down stream to the Navy Yard in half-mile stretches with a 32 stroke. In each brush the University crew won by more than a length; the Freshmen came in second, half a length ahead of the University second. The four rowed in short stretches to the Navy Yard...
...short brush between the second and third crews yesterday was won by the third by about a length and a half. The third crew was fresh when the brush started, whereas the second had just rowed over the full course. The chief fault with the second was a marked tendency to cut off the finish of the stroke too soon...