Word: drives
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Newell crews were very weak on the finish of the stroke, but were strong on the catch and had lots of life and dash. The Weld eights, on the other hand, finished strongly, with a good leg drive, but they lacked snap, especially the second Weld...
...Paul's; he is one of the best oars in the crew, being strong and especially smooth in his work. Clark, Stone and Whitridge at 3, 2 and bow have all a tendency to clip and to be slow in their catch; they also lack power in their leg drive. Clark and Stone are new men; Whitridge rowed at Groton. As a whole the boat is well together but lacks power and is weak at the finish. The Newell second is distinctly inferior to that at the Weld, but the third is a good crew and with a little more...
...will leave the square at 10.30 this morning to play Dartmouth at Hanover tomorrow. They will arrive late this afternoon at Norwich, Vermont, and, after spending the night there at the Newton Inn, they will drive to Hanover for the game. They will return on a night train, reaching Boston early Friday morning. The following men will be taken: Reid, Stillman, Kernan, MacDonald, J.D. Clark, Kendall, George, G. C. Clark, Fincke, Coolidge, Loughlin, Wendell, Jaynes, Murdock, Frothingham and McMaster...
...radical change in the old Yale stroke has been made this year. The former custom of following the body swing with a leg drive has been replaced by the simultaneous action of both leg and body. The body swing and the slide have been shortened, and a sharper, more snappy stroke has resulted. The breadth of the oars has been increased in the first boat to 7 1-4 inches, and in the second boat to 6 1-2 inches from 6 inches last year. The new cedar shell made by Ruddock of New York has arrived and will...
...thus far had difficulty in keeping the boat on an even keel and the blade work has been in places a trifle ragged; yesterday, however, the crew was much more together and a better drive was noticeable throughout the boat. A two-mile brush with the Weld Law School eight resulted in a dead heat. Stroke, Harding (capt.); 7, Higginson; 6, Fitzgerald; 5, Biddle; 4, Gale; 3, Gray; 2, Byrd; bow, Bolling; cox., Goodridge...