Word: crawled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...better aspects of the Japanese crawl, a modified and specialized form of the Australian crawl, will be used extensively by the Harvard swimming teams this winter," Coach Ulen said Saturday. In taking this action, Harvard will be the first Eastern college to adopt this style...
...attempt to discover why the great swimmers of Europe and America had been beaten, the coaches carefully studied the little men as they plowed through the water. They found that the crawl used by the Japanese was fundamentally the same as the so-called Australian crawl; but since the Japanese race is composed of small men, certain modifications had been made which were adapted to the shorter arm movememt of the swimmers. In the first place, the Japanese were completely relaxed in the water. There was no tension of any part; every muscle was loose and ready for work...
Aspects of the Japanese crawl, a modified form of the Australian crawl, are to be adopted by the swimming squad it was learned recently. Although this style is specially adapted to short men, it can be used to equal advantage by taller men, according to Coach Ulen. If a man excels in another form, he will be allowed to continue in that style...
About fifty men were present at a preliminary meeting for candidates for the swimming squad held in the Indoor Athletic Building. Both Varsity and Freshman coaches addressed the meeting and devoted most of their time to an explanation of the Japanese crawl upon which they intend to concentrate for the coming season...
...night last week at Chicago's Century of Progress colored searchlights fingered an airplane circling high overhead. Presently the crowds below saw a figure dressed as Uncle Sam crawl out on its wing, drop off. Down shot Uncle Sam, the massed lights following him as their operators waited for a parachute to billow over his head. No 'chute billowed. Faster & faster fell Uncle Sam until the beams caught a silvery splash on the surface of Lake Michigan. Then they quickly swung away. Muttered the crowd: "A dummy, of course...