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...first eight is hardly up to the average of Freshman crews, but in the past week much improvement has been shown, especially in the watermanship which has been extremely ragged. The inboard work is more satisfactory. The chief trouble seems to be in getting the chief trouble seems to be in getting the power on at the beginning of the stroke without clipping and in finishing it without letting off the power...
...preparation for the third interscholastic regatta which is to be held during the last week of May, crews have been rowing for nearly a month, and though improvement has been slow it has been none the less marked in blade work and inboard smoothness...
...crews was blowing. Both Mr. Lehmann and Mr. Willis followed the Junior and Freshman crews on the launch, and watched the '98 and 1900 crews set out from the float. The Freshman crew was first out, Mr. E. C. Storrow coaching. Their blade-work was poor, but their inboard work good, the slides being well controlled and all the men getting a sharp hard catch. Coming down river the Freshmen fell in with the '99 crew which had just come out and an impromptu race of about half a mile ensued. The Junior crew starting with a slight lead increased...
...blade, a new set has been made with the blades shaved down to the same width as the shaft-three inches-which makes the strain less than with the old seven inch blades. The leverage has also been increased. With the old oar there was forty-two inches inboard, which on the present oar has been increased two inches. In regard to the seats there has been no change...
...rowed in one of the old pairs which has been rigged with English locks and slides with no incline. Yesterday for the first time the men rowed with the new oars from Donahue which have been made like the English ones with narrow blades and greater leverage inboard...