Word: oarsman
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strain on the physique of the men, every rowing coach knows that it is the number of strokes rowed to the minute rather than the distance covered that wearies the oarsman. This is occasioned by the fact that rowing is a form of exercise which forces the athlete to take a breath every time he pulls a stroke. The normal respiration of a man is about 17 breaths a minute. Now if the rate of stroke is, say 34 strokes to the minute, it means that the oarsman is breathing twice as fast as the naturally would. Increase the rate...
...going to begin regular rowing practice until after the Prom. Two hours a day is the most that Yale requires of its oarsmen. If this amount of exercise were demanded all the year round I cannot see how it could have anything but a beneficial effect on an oarsman health and studies, and yet we only require it for four months...
...individual oarsman, his work was just as phenomenal. When he was 19 years of age he entered a single scull race in a boat made by himself, which weighed over 80 pounds. Yet he won the race by a distance of more than a half-mile over his nearest competitor. This race marked the beginning of 88 successive victories as an amateur. Then he became a professional, and started a series of 46 contests marred only by seven defeats. An unfortunate sunstroke in May, 1879, ended his competitive career...
...declined an invitation to row against a crew from the Studenten Rokloub of Christian, Norway, on July 3. The invitation was extended by a Jan Schjerve, a cousin of King Haskon VII, of Norway, who came to America to present the invitation in person. Schjerve is an excellent oarsman and has spend some time rowing on the New Haven harbor. He was especially enthusiastic over the prospect of an international rowing race this summer, but the Yale authorities were forced to decline the invitation of his club because the race with the University being scheduled for June 23 would...
...influence, mould and lead their crews. Unfortunately men of that stamp have not always been available and with the recourse to professional coaches it has often become necessary for the captain to shoulder responsibilities which improperly burden him and in some cases have greatly diminished his value as an oarsman. The captain-elect is until the night of the race with Yale simply an oarsman, without experience in judging men or styles of rowing or of any particular executive ability. That his election should qualify him three months later not only to assume the responsibility of the University rowing, coaching...