Word: offs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Today's regatta will be run off under a system of heats in the morning and finals in the afternoon. Harvard has drawn Penn and MIT for the morning preliminaries and certainly stands a good chance of qualifying for the finals, since the first two boats in each heat will...
Bolles' oarsmen, on the other hand, start each stroke with a gigantic pull which eases off toward the finish, enabling them to finish their stroke smoothly and shoot their hands back into position for the next cycle with a smooth, even motion.
The pre-race warmup usually involves some three to four miles of leisurely rowing to loosen up the muscles. It is a delicate process, for the men must reach the starting-line just at the point when they are thoroughly warmed up, and yet not fatigued. And they must time...
It takes several minutes to back all the shells up to the stakeboats (anchored rowboats containing a man who holds the stern of the shell until the start) and once this is accomplished there is more delay while the crewmen pool off their sweaters.
Penn, last Saturday, stroked high for almost twice as long, and then gradually tapered off to a 32. Every crew has its own pattern.