Word: pull
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...crew's regular practice has been much less interrupted by the examinations than seemed probable. The average pull for the past fortnight has been about 650 strokes, and the average run about one mile and a half. About thirteen candidates have been daily present. Smith, '79, has returned to college, and immediately commenced work...
...which he has worked the hardest. The indifference of the crews in last year's races is not therefore to be wondered at, and it is the experience of past years that hard work on the part of the crews makes a race much more interesting to those who pull as well as to those who see it. Holyoke, though not always having the best men, has been much the most successful of the clubs, and the secret of its success as well as of the interest taken in its crews has been the quality and duration of the training...
...disadvantage. He is a powerful man, but as yet awkward and stiff. Within the past three weeks, however, he has made decided improvement. Jacobs is doing well at 7, but fails to use his arms properly. He drops his hands before taking hold, does not pull them in high enough, and has, like Brigham, a habit of sticking his elbows out at the finish...
Tuesday, Jan. 23. - Twelve men present. Pull seven hundred and fifty strokes. Run two miles. The "time" has improved during the past two weeks, but the men are not well together on the shoot of the hands and the slide forward. Some of the men fail to get the proper recover. Loring reaches forward too much with his shoulders, does not sit up well at the finish, and is inclined to "settle." He shoots his hands quickly, but lets his body follow too fast. Legate fails to get enough body reach forward, does not always pull his oar "home...
Wednesday, Jan. 24. - Twelve men present. Pull eight hundred strokes, and run two miles. The worst fault is still the hurried recover. Preston fails as much as any to part with this. He gets a trifle too much reach with his body, reaches around with his outside shoulder, fails to sit up always at the finish, and does not pull his hands in high enough. His chief fault is that of using his arms too much. At no part of the stroke are they straight. He works well, but should put more fire into the stroke. Harriman...