Word: finish
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first round Princeton defeated Pennsylvania, 15 1-2 to 0, and Harvard defeated Yale, 7 to 5 1-2. The Harvard-Yale match was the closest that has been played between the two colleges since 1898, when Harvard and Yale tied at Ardsley in the intercollegiate tournament. The finish of the last match between Brown and Potter was very exciting, for all the other matches were finished and Harvard was one hole to the good. Brown and Potter were even when they played the last hole and both knew that the result of the whole match depended on which...
...University eights started at 6 o'clock under perfect conditions. Yale rowing a low stroke was behind during the first of the race, but soon took the lead and held it to the finish. They came in about three lengths ahead...
Swift, number two, though an awkward oar, is effective. He is sometimes slow at the catch and often washes out at the finish...
James, at bow, is unsteady on his recovery and jerks his hands at the finish. His biade work is very good...
...well between strokes. To the layman the stroke seems to differ somewhat from that of former years and shows the effect of professional coaching. This is especially marked in the last part of the stroke, the men getting a hard catch, a strong, steady push with the legs, but finishing in with the arms, their bodies in an almost slumping position, and getting a quick, smooth recover typical of the professional sculler. The men finish the stroke with their bodies almost perpendicular; they drive their legs down well together and have a steady recover: At present the Yale crew...