Word: catchings
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...before the meeting by the unanimous consent of all the members present." The Committee will also consider today the matter of illustrating the new rules. A member of the committee has prepared photographs which will assist the officials in interpreting rules such as those dealing with holding, the fair catch, etc., and provision will probably be made for the insertion of these pictures in the final codification of the rules...
During the past week the men have all shown marked improvement. The boat was on an even keel and spaced out well between the strokes, which were clean and lively. The stern four especially, were in good form. Newhall at 7 reached well out on the catch and at 6 R. Bacon appeared to have corrected his faulty finish, getting his shoulders well into play throughout the stroke. At number 4 Glass also showed improvement. He used his arms well and his body motion on the recovery was much smoother than it has previously been this season...
...rule have lacked vigor, and the work has steadily deteriorated. On Tuesday Tappan went in at three and Emmons was changed to 7 on the second crew. Thursday, the last day the men rowed together, the boat was heavy and spaced poorly between strokes. The catch was uneven, several men had very little bevel on their blades, and on the port side there was considerable splashing on the catch. Fish at number 2 rushed his slide and was slow getting his hands away from his body on the recovery, and at 6 R. Bacon did not get the full force...
...Brighton bridge and back. The body swing of the Senior and Sophomore crews has decidedly improved and the blade work is clean. The work of the Junior crew, however, has been seriously retarded by irregularity of the men in reporting. The blade work is poor and the men frequently catch crabs. There are almost enough men to form a third crew. The Sophomore crew has been rowing in long stretches and has been practicing racing starts with the second crew. The last row before the vacation will be a time row between the two crews over the course on Friday...
...base. The latter reached third on a passed ball by Kibbey, and scored on Castle's single. Dexter was put out stealing home. Castle was advanced to third on Leonard's single, and scored on Simons's hit. McCall sent Leonard home, and Kibbey in an attempt to catch Simons at third threw wild, allowing Simons and McCall to come in. In the last inning Vermont scored one more run, as the University team, which had a good lead played safe to first...