Word: coaches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...number, were taken in hand and put at work in the gymnasium attached to the Columbia Grammar School. They were kept busy working at the rowing machines, chest and back weights and dumbbells. Five men soon dropped out, and the remaining fifteen men were put in boats under the coaching of R. C. Cornell, '74, of the crews of '73 and '74, and who coached the crew that went to England; Latham G. Reed, who was in Columbia in the class of '76, and afterward was graduated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, when he acted as coach to the Cambridge crew...
...starting for first base, at once, and at full speed, must be overcome. In the next place the players, when on base, must watch the ball more closely, put more speed into their running, and slide more fearlessly. A third and most glaring defect is the lack of proper coaching. A man must be at first and at third; on the alert for every chance, and prepared to coach the runner around at every opportunity. So much for the points on which, even yet, improvement can be made. As for batting and fielding, the nine must do its best,- than...
...Watson, a former Harvard coach, visited the boat-house yesterday afternoon...
...this careful and intelligent work, our crew is rowing in good form, and at an exceedingly fast rate for this season of the year. The class crews are all distanced by it with ease, although they have the advantage of lighter barges. Mr. C. P. Curtis has acted as coach, and during the past week Mr. G. Agassiz, '84, has several times been out with the crew. Since last fall, when two eights were in training, the less desirable men have been transferred to the class crews, until the number remaining has been reduced to the following eight...
...freshman crew, more than any other, shows the need of a regular coach. The crew is still rowing on stationary seats, and slowly learning how to pull the oar blades through the water. The crew can hardly be expected to take better than fourth place in the class races. There is, however, good material in the two eights for a crew, which ought to be in good shape by the time of the race with the Columbia freshman crew...