Word: eight-oar
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...next event on the programme was the freshman eight-oar race. But as it took some time for them to find their places in the various barges, it was decided that the single scull men should contest meanwhile...
...come forward quickly and rather overdoes It, getting a sort of a jump. He works too hard. Bow does not row his elbows into his sides well. He has many of the characteristics of a single sculler which are not exactly in accord with the traditions of an eight-oar, such as keeping his back bent and other details. Bartol, the first substitute, pulls a ragged and uneven stroke. He does not sit up well to his work, but sags and lets his stomach cave in. He rows hard but does not utilize his strength well. Faulkner rows with...
...University of Pennsylvania has sent a challenge to the boating association to row a four or eight-oar race. This will not be accepted, as there is little or no interest in aquatic affairs. Last year the class races were successfully carried out, but a university crew still remains a hope for the future. The proposed trip of the ball nine to the South during the spring vacation has been abandoned. The new trainer is expected next month...
...Harvard, owing to the number of her students and the magnitude of her rowing interests, cannot be so well represented by a four-oar as by an eight. While a smaller college may accidentally have four men who can outrow a Harvard four, owing to their superiority in natural strength, yet when the range is widened, and the test with eight men required, the smaller college could not muster an eight-oar capable of coping with a Harvard eight. Consequently, in consenting to row in fours we might give to our adversaries an undue advantage...
...eight-oar shell race between the Narragansett Club of Providence and the Harvard University and Freshman Crews, two miles straightaway, will be started at the Brookline bridge, at 2 P. M., and finish in front of the boat house. The Narragansett Crew has the inside position, the 'Varsity the middle, and the Freshmen the outside...