Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sudden rush forward of the arms and trunk" after feathering. The whole weight of the rowing crew is shifted aft together, with the result that the stern is buried and the impetus again interrupted at the very moment when every extra ounce of weight tells, while the oarsman is brought to the full reach in a shapeless condition and out of trim for the coming struggle...
Psotta, the champion amateur oarsman of America has recently left Cornell...
...Associatlon has announced his purpose of securing the entry of an eight from either Columbia or Cornell to compete in the amateur regetta to be held at Worcester June 17. The apparent object is to defeat the well known Bradford crew, and in view of this, a well known oarsman has said...
Hosmer, the oarsman, will keep his shell at the Yale boat house, while in New Haven...
...year. This is due to the fact that the University will this year be represented for the first time by a eight, the crew in former years having been composed of but six men. The candidates for the crew have been under the charge of Courtney, the well-known oarsman, and he feels confident that Cornell will put a good crew on the water. He describes the stroke as the "get there" variety used by Hanlan, O'Conner and Teemer...