Word: finished
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...altogether on our superiority in style of stroke and in management. Not only must the eight exert themselves to the utmost, but it devolves upon every member of the university to do his best in supporting the crew, so that next June we may again see Harvard cross the finish line well ahead of her opponent...
...Harvard advisory committee. There has been and is now no intention whatever to decline the challenge, and a formal answer will be sent as soon as several preliminary questions are settled between the committees of the two colleges, the most notable of which is that about the start and finish of the race. Last June it had been understood till the boats came to the line that both start and finish should be by the sterns; then Yale claimed that the start should be by sterns and end by bows. As Yale had the longer boat this claim was evidently...
...Delafield carries his shoulders in good style, and in general keeps his back straight; his arms, however, are apt to bend before the time, while he is rather slow on the shoot and sluggish on the catch. Babcock rows rather spasmodically, hanging at both finish and catch. He breaks his arms too soon and swings out at the finish...
...swings back too far, jerks at the finish and keeps poor time. He also rows with crooked arms and does not put life enough into the stroke...
...tendency is general throughout this eight to hang at both catch and finish, and the time is very poor at certain places. Much better form may be expected when the men get well together; as it is now, the want of uniformity has a marked effect on the other points...