Word: finish
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Westmorly crew rowed with possibly the best form, and the crews of Holworthy and Russell also showed good speed and finish. All the eights, however, were extremely ragged, and although they showed a good improvement over yesterday, the boats rocked considerably and the men rowed with little form and finish. The chief fault was a failure of the men in all the boats to sit up straight enough and many were inclined to settle at the finish of the stroke. Most of the crews were coached in short stretches, as the men are not yet seasoned sufficiently for continuous rowing...
OFFICIALS.--Referee--G. Richards, Columbia. Judges at finish--H. Auchincloss, Yale, D. Downs...
...Schweppe '02 will act as chairman of the Regatta Committee. G. Richards, Columbia '87, will be referee. The Harvard judges at the finish and on the referee's launch will be D. F. Downs '03 and J. F. Perkins '99, respectively...
...London boat races a special train of coaches will leave Boston at 12.30 P. M., Providence at 1.38 P. M., and will arrive at New London at 3.05 P. M. Special trains will return from New London about 20 minutes after the finish of the University race, or in case of notice of postponement to the next day, 20 minutes after such notice is given. The round trip from Boston, three-day excursion tickets, will be $4; or for the special coach train...
...against wind and tide. The freshman eight raced the university boat for the first two miles and was ahead at the mile flag, but then fell off, passing the second mile flag off the Navy Yard about a length behind. Both crews rowed a slow stroke, except near their finish. The university four-oar went about two and a half miles in short stretches down stream, but returned in one stretch rowing hard. The freshman four-oar had an easy seven-mile row down stream to Cow Point, and back to the quarters...