Word: crewe
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rules under which the university crew is now training are not strict. Smoking and drinking are forbidden. No hour is specified for going to bed, but permission must be obtained of the captain if a candidate finds it necessary to remain up later than theatre hour...
...recent issue of the Boston Post there appeared an interesting article on the English stroke by Mr. J. Watson Taylor, who rowed No. 2 in the Cambridge (England) university crew and was captain of that crew in 1881. The article is to a great extent, due to the discussion as to the relative merits of the Harvard and Yale strokes and runs as follows; In the April number of Outing a system is described called the "English System of Rowing," the chief features of which are: The stroke-A catch and swing back with stationary slide, then a slide with...
...great superiority of this system over that of this year's Harvard crew is on the recover. The pose of the trunk is free, open and erect. The oar is feathered with the wrists; the hands are shot away at once in the same plane with the arms, and with the assistance of the powerful muscles of the shoulder, while the arms quickly resume their proper place. The ease and rapidity of these actions increase the speed and control the equilibrium. The muscles are exerted equally, and the erect trunk permits the lungs to be filled with deep draughts...
...doubt led up, the shoulders are rounded and breathing is not free. The boat's impetus is interrupted by the labored action of feathering with the outside forearm and elbow and by the "sudden rush forward of the arms and trunk" after feathering. The whole weight of the rowing crew is shifted aft together, with the result that the stern is buried and the impetus again interrupted at the very moment when every extra ounce of weight tells, while the oarsman is brought to the full reach in a shapeless condition and out of trim for the coming struggle...
...stated above, Mr. Storrow is sound on legwork, but this legwork without "form" will be of no avail against Yale. At New London this year the professionals thought the Yale crew rowed like professionals, yet their form was as good as ever. It was their watermanship and legwork which made the comparison possible. In addition to this the Yale crew were remarkable for what in England would be called "smartness," they were always under the influence of discipline, which goes a long way toward insuring success...