Word: jerking
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...Perkins, weight 160 1bs., is a promising man, but slow starting his legs down, does not follow stroke well and is inclined to shorten badly, also feathers too high and has a tendency to jerk in the arms and slump with his shoulders...
Perkins, 5, swings out to port on the swing up, and is apt to jerk in his arms at the finish. His watermanship is fair. Weight...
...general fault of the crew seems to be a tendency to rush the slide and jerk the arms. The men will go into the shell in a day or two and during the vacation will row in the morning and afternoon. Mayor Bancroft and Nelson Perkins coached on Saturday and the men rowed as follows: Stroke, Fennessy; No. 7, Blake; No. 6, L. Davis (capt.); No. 5, Waters; No. 4, Bullard; No. 3, Townsend; No. 2, F. Davis; bow, Purdon...
...Clips and is apt to break his arms too quickly and jerk at the finish...
...almost at the same moment, and Bowdoin started off with 40 strokes to the minute, Harvard rowing 36. The difference between the two styles of rowing was very marked from the start. The Bowdoin men made no attempt to keep their backs straight but caught the water with a jerk without regard to form. The boat kept her keel owing to the rapid strokes but stopped every time the slides were rushed back. Harvard went away in good form, recovering slowly and keeping the boat fairly steady. On the stretch to the Harvard bridge the race was about even although...