Word: lag
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...previous week. The University crew has undergone a number of changes, and yesterday Lunt was put in at 2 in place of Fish, who stroked the second eight. The boat now sets more evenly than during the first part of the week, but there is still a tendency to lag at the catch and to rush the slide. Fish showed up remarkably well at stroke in the second crew. The weak point seems to be at the full reach, where the men tend to work individually rather than together...
...current number of the Advocate is of a quality suitable to revive discussion as to the wisdom of spreading broadcast in the name of the University experiments in English not at all representative of undergraduate ability. The leading editorial, on athleticism, would lag less lamely were there any evident need for its making or if it established its case and proved that undergraduate life would be better by loading the scholar and not the athlete with college honors...