Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...exercise for crew men in fall is acknowledged to be excellent practice, but the men, with one exception, have no time for it this year. Most of the candidates are sophomores with but one year's experience in rowing; in fact but one man can be considered a veteran oarsman ; it has therefore been thought absolutely necessary to begin active and regular work on the water this fall...
...last year's crew is now at college, but unfortunately will not be able to row again. Harrington is a new man and shows a commendable spirit in learning to row in his senior year. He is a very powerful man and ought to make an effective oarsman...
...acquire the fundamental qualities absolutely necessary to effective rowing. These essential qualities are, ability to sit up straight, which can only be acquired by constant care and exercise, also the power to keep the shoulders back firmly when the body is forward on the full reach. If an oarsman negligently allows himself to overreach, his hold upon the water when first dipping his oar will prove to be jerky, consequently destroying that uniform steady sweep which should characterize a Harvard crew. A firm, upright body is then the first thing our men should...
...were well matched. As they spurted along, side by side, with the oars rising and falling in measured stroke and with great regularity, they formed a very pretty sight, which was enjoyed by hundreds of spectators from the boat house and the river banks. These crews, except a stroke oarsman for each eight, had been drawn by lot. By a strange chance, each of three of the crews was composed mostly of men from a single class, so that they were called the '85, '86, and '87 crews respectively. The '87 crew won by about a fourth of a boat...
...four-oared race had to be rowed in two heats, as there were but two boats for three crews. The first heat was easily won by the DAILY CRIMSON crew, in 1 min. 39 secs. over the Signet four. The bow oarsman of the Signets broke his seat when half way down the course, but kept on pluckily to the finish. The final heat was between the Crimson crew and a big four of '85 men. The latter crew became somewhat "balled up" in front of the boathouse, but recovered and pressed closely after their rivals. The Crimson crew finished...