Word: drives
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lead of three-quarters of a length. Although the Freshmen spurted several times, the school eight continued to gain throughout. Both crews were well used up at the finish. The Freshmen rowed a long steady stroke, about 32 to the minute, but they lacked life and leg-drive...
...gained steadily and overtook the second at Harvard Bridge, where the third led by about a length. A quarter of a mile below the bridge the first crew overtook the third, with the second half a length behind. From this point the first crew lacked power and a strong drive and hurried the recover. The positions of the boats remained practically unchanged to the finish, the third crew crossing the line a few feet ahead of the first, which was in turn about half a length ahead of the second. All three crews rowed about twenty-eight strokes...
...frequent changes in the make-up of the teams, little improvement was shown in team-work, the men having a tendency to play out of their positions. Although the shooting and passing were more accurate than they have been hitherto, the play as a whole was listless and lacked drive and spirit...
...races, especially those of the first section, ought to be very close. Taken as a whole, the Newell crews row fairly well together, but have not much leg drive. The Weld crews have a tendency to rush their slides, and do not keep good time...
...Weld are good oars, but owing to the small number of times they have rowed together the crew as a whole is not up to the standard of the first crew of last year. The blade work is fairly good, but the men do not seem to get any drive to their strokes. In addition to these faults the recovery is too slow and there is a tendency to rush the slides...