Word: catches
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Newton has been steady at 6 and has proved valuable in passing back the stroke to the other men in the boat. His main difficulty is in not bevelling his oar at the catch...
Hooper has been only fair at 3. He is unsteady and has not good control at the catch. This is owing to the fact that he doesn't tighten up with his knees on the last part of his recovery...
...University crew has rowed a trifle smoother this week than last. The second eight has lacked snap at the catch and has also been a bit unsteady. The third crew has been rowing in better form this week than last...
...University crew has been very unsteady and there has been a lack of drive and snap both in the finish and at the catch. In the second crew, the men have not kept their eyes in the boat, which has made their rowing ragged. There was also, like in the University crew, a lack of drive in the finish. In the third boat, the men made a weak finish and were uncertain of their slides immediately before the catch...
...till Thursday, the boat did not go very well; the men made a weak finish and were uncertain on their slides immediately before their catch. Yesterday, however, the boat went better than it has so far this year. The crew rowed down to the New Bridge and back. On the return trip, the men rowed in fairly good form from the New Bridge to the Harvard Bridge but the rest of the way back the rowing fell off considerably...