Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...whole the crew, when rowing easily, fail to catch the boat with sufficient force at the beginning of the stroke, which tends to make it unsteady. Besides this, there is another most conspicuous fault. When rowing hard there is a tendency to use the arms too soon, some of the men even failing to get their arms straight at all at any point in the stroke...
...Kernan, fails to row his shoulders back at the finish, which tends to make worse stroke's fault of rowing too short. He rows well, considering his brief experience as an oarsman...
...SALE.- A very handsome and stylish polo pony; owner one year ago paid $350 for him; will sell him today for $100 as present owner has no use for him. No fault whatever with him. Will also drive in carriage. Apply at 53 State street, Boston, Room...
...pitched a game that deserved a better end. Aside from his let-up in the first inning his work could hardly have been better. He struck out eight men and allowed but two hits in the last eight innings. Even the slump in the first inning was less his fault than the score would indicate, as Gammons' home run would hardly have been made more than a base hit but for slow work by Beale and Burgess...
...Davis has been paying special attention to their leg drive and the crew now use their legs perhaps better than any other of the class crews. A fault which they have not yet overcome is jerking in their arms at the finish. Besides these more prominent faults the crew as a whole do not catch the water quickly enough, and are a bit rough rough sometimes in their handling of the oars. Nevertheless, in spite of these faults, '98 should make a good race for first place. They keep their boat traveling very steadily on her keel, so that...