Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whole, the crew have good control of the stroke, which is rather like that of '86 than '87, as the blades are carried back flat a little longer than last year. Of late they have got a better hold on the water at the beginning of the stroke, but the finish still falls short of being as clean as it should be. They have a magnificent swing, and at times good control of boat and slides. For the past two or three weeks a slower stroke-30 or 31 per minute-has been used than that which the crew rowed...
...Woodruff, '89, 178 lbs., slow with his hands, swings to port, cocks his oar over the catch, pulls too shallow and does not finish clean. Body work is for the most part good and he has good control of his slide...
...under graduate would lead him to side with the opposing team. When objection was made to his proposal, he immediately called his men off the field and refused to play. It would seem as though a man who has passed four years at college would be sensible enough to control his temper and not give way to such an exhibition of childish behavior. By such actions, one might be led to believe that class games were not intended merely as a means of furnishing exercise and recreation to the players and pleasure to the spectators, but that consequences more momentous...
...Saturday, a sudden and vigorous change must take place in the way they play ball. In the first place, they must remember that there is one captain, not nine, in the Freshman team; he is doubtless capable of giving necessary orders. The rest of the men must learn to control their tongues. Their office, except when coaching, is to play ball, not to talk. In the next place, there must be an improvement in the batting. The nine cannot hope to make a decent showing against Yale if man after man strikes out. In the third place, the men must...
...opinion of the board it was expedient that the existing committee on athletics should be increased by two members of the faculty and one undergraduate, the undergraduate member to be appointed by the undergraduates in such manner as the faculty shall determine; and that the committee should have entire control of all athletic exercises, within and without the preciencts of the university, subject to the authority of the faculty. The committee thus constituted comprises three members of the faculty, one physician, one graduate, and three undergraduates. It was also voted that in the opinion of the board additional grounds should...