Word: finishers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...three-cornered race. There is, however, no real ground for this impression, for the cause of Yale's disaster was not lack of room for the crews, but rough water, as Columbia's shell came very near sharing Yale's fate, being half full of water at the finish...
There is just a slight "flick" at the finish which enables the oars to be brought out of the water clean, and then comes in the feature advocated by J. Watson Taylor-the shooting out of the arms from the body like the "rebound of a billiard ball from the cushion." This gets the shell of the hands easily. The hands are shot a trifle downward, feathering being done at the same time, and then follows the slide forward, in which the ingenuity of Mr. Cook excels. Instead of the eight men letting their bodies move gradually forward...
...Earle. Slow with shoot, drops his body down at full reach, and pulls his hands into his lap at the finish...
...whole, the crew is rowing in very good time and the men are all working hard. They lift the boat, however, on the catch and kick it astern, and also yank their arms into their laps on the draw. The finish is also hurried too much...
...Simms, 167 lbs., is not regular in his stroke, swings back too far, and is too slow on the finish; does not slide far enough...