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...enough or straight, and gets his oar too high from the water on the full reach. Five clips, and six settles. Seven settles, squirms, and does n't pull his hands in high. The general faults are also numerous. The four bow men lack reach. All have a flat feather, none raise their hands high enough, or shoot away quick. Some of the men evidently don't pull a proportional share...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CLASS CREWS. | 4/23/1880 | See Source »

...Feather Weight Sparring R. D. Fuller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERSONALS. | 4/2/1880 | See Source »

...walls of the exit room are covered with feather-beds, and after rebounding against these a number of times, your speed slackens enough to allow you to catch hold of a strap and thus stop yourself. Then the man in charge telephones to the man at the Gymnasium to send on the next victim...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDISON'S LATEST. | 3/5/1880 | See Source »

March 20. 1. Heavy-weight sparring; 2. Middle-weight wrestling; 3. Feather-weight sparring; 4. Light-weight wrestling; 5. Fencing; 6. Vaulting, two hands; 7. Parallel bars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REGISTERED NOTES. | 2/20/1880 | See Source »

...general appearance of the crew has much improved in the past week: the stroke is longer, but needs to be well rowed out; the feather is flat, and, in several cases, too early. A little better time and a little more life would make a marked difference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CREWS. | 5/2/1879 | See Source »

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