Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...moment, and though he had comparatively little training in comparison with the rest of the men, he showed no lack of form in the race and pulled a beautiful stroke. If he persists in his refusal to row, Cross, '88, will probably stroke the crew. Cross is a veteran oarsman and has a remarkably good style. Although rather light, he has good powers of endurance, as was shown in the late foot-ball contest between Yale and Harvard...
...story: "Fred Plaisted, the professional oarsman, is reported to have been engaged to coach the Harvard crew."- Yale News...
...three years; in fact, has in most cases rowed only one year in the university crew. That such a man should know all that is to be known about rowing is not to be expected, and that the crew should be beaten if Yale has an old and experienced oarsman to coach them is not to be wondered...
...soon as the winter vacation was over, the candidates began to train regularly in the gymnasium. Three or four hundred strokes on the machines, a little light dumb-bell exercise and a short run up North avenue constituting the regular daily exercise. During the winter, Hanlan, the champion oarsman, visited the gymnasium and seemed very much interested in the work of the crew. He made several comments upon the rowing which were, of course, of great...
...longer tenable, still less is it possible to deny the merits of the sliding seat. Hanlan could never have made the time he has without this Yankee notion. It is now frequently balanced on glass balls that permit it to move with the least possible friction as the oarsman stretches forward to grasp the water...