Word: forwards
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Preparations for decorating the yard for class day to-morrow are being rapidly pushed forward...
...crew leave for New London under the most favorable auspices. Three championships have already come to Harvard, and the college looks forward to the fourth. We consider our chances on the water about even, albeit Yale has her victorious crew of last year almost intact while Harvard has but three men who have ever rowed in a 'varsity race. It is the hard and conscientious work of the crew and the untiring efforts of its captain which cause us to put so much trust in the result of the race. Too much praise cannot be given Captain Storrow, who, without...
...finish; faces his blade over more than the others. 7: captain; rowed in '83 and '84 university crews; most experienced oar in the boat; rows smoothly; his finish is sometimes weak. Stroke: rowed in the '84 class crew; is a good stroke; is slow sometimes in sliding forward on the recover; pulls out at the finish, and has tendency to meet...
...began to be noticeable. This improvement was due partly, though not wholly, to the fact that the crew changed from the '87 boat into the new '85 shell. Since then the crew has braced up and improvement has been steady. The bad fault of rushing the slide in coming forward has been to a great extent over-come; but more improvement in this particular is necessary. The slump at the finish has been partly overcome, though some of the men, especially 3, need to pay strict attention to this point. The time is still poor, and the crew...
...weight on to his stretcher until half through his stroke; has bad jerk at finish; slumps badly at finish, and swings back too far; covers his blade well at the beginning. 4: works hard, and is getting a good deal of work out of the crew; swings back and forward too far; should try to work more from his stretcher and less from his seat; pulls out too soon; does not watch man in front of him carefully. 5: does not cover blade at beginning; fails to get weight on stretcher soon enough; swings away from his oar badly; pulls...