Word: oarsmanship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although the severe cross-chop on the course made fast time impossible, the oarsmanship was smooth in all the boats and the high beat maintained without raggedness...
...this fall, the coaches have drilled the University crews in the fundamentals of oarsmanship and style and have allowed practically no speed rowing; the race tomorrow will come then as something of an unusual experience to the oarsmen and it is quite possible that under the strain of hard racing the crews will not show up to the best advantage. All this, however, has been considered by those who are directing rowing this year and they will be quite satisfied if the men succeed in keeping good form throughout the race...
...fall season will officially close, and the men will be given a rest of a week or ten days. After that work will begin on the machines and in the tank. Candidates will not row in organized crews, however, but will be given individual coaching to improve their oarsmanship and form. In the middle of February regular spring rowing will be started...
...lead with a good claim in the championship of the world. Fighting gamely but uselessly against such opposition the Crimson crossed the finished line about six or seven seconds behind Princeton, and with almost two lengths of open water showing. The Harvard crew had done well, had shown oarsmanship, and power, and fight, but in vain; they were meeting their superiors. The time for the race...
...mile and five-sixteenths. Heart trouble is generally traced to the shorter races and seldom to the longer races. Had I my way I would have no races under four miles for inter-university contests, as that is the only distance to bring out a true test of oarsmanship...