Word: keel
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Yale crews were given a half-hour's practice yesterday morning and were again sent out at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The freshmen started from the float first, and rowed well together, keeping the shell on an even keel and not shipping any water. After going to the Navy Yard the freshman crew returned to the float. Their stroke on the return was marked by ragged blade work, although a flood tide gave them considerable assistance...
...practice of the University crew yesterday afternoon in preparation for the Cornell race was very light. The men paddled slowly down stream to the Longwood bridge and returned in easy stretches to the University boathouse. On the way up stream two starts were tried. The boat maintained an even keel...
...Furlong found no clew to the position of the boat in documents, but from a chance acquaintance, whose father had seen the event. There remained of the hull only the ribs and keel two fathoms deep in sand and covered with fossilized matter
Yesterday the work was lighter than Thursday. The crew rowed down stream about a quarter of a mile below the Harvard bridge and returned to the University boathouse in short stretches. The rowing was an improvement upon the day before, as the boat was on an even keel most of the time, and spaced well, making as much as seven feet each stroke for some distance on the way up stream...
During the past week the men have all shown marked improvement. The boat was on an even keel and spaced out well between the strokes, which were clean and lively. The stern four especially, were in good form. Newhall at 7 reached well out on the catch and at 6 R. Bacon appeared to have corrected his faulty finish, getting his shoulders well into play throughout the stroke. At number 4 Glass also showed improvement. He used his arms well and his body motion on the recovery was much smoother than it has previously been this season...