Word: pull
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...likely that there will be a change in the length of the pull of the tug-of-war teams of the I. C. A. A. from ten to five minutes ; the cause being the change from pulling in the dirt to pulling on cleats...
...conclusions from the result of the race, it must be borne in mind that the university crew is not yet rowing with the uniformity it will probably attain in the next two months, and that the men are not in condition to do themselves justice in a short pull, as they are training for a four-mile race. Nevertheless, the senior crew did remarkably well. Their stroke is a very trying one, as it brings the muscles of the legs, back and arms into use at once. But for this very reason one would naturally suppose this stroke, providing...
Many of our students before entering college, have been accustomed to take a large amount of exercise in rowing. That is to say, they have been wont to go upon the water in some ordinary Whitehall or lapstreak boat for an afternoon's pull, which gave them not only splendid exercise, but also a great amount of pleasure. When these men enter college, some, of course, obtain seats in their class boats, but the great majority are obliged to forego their favorite sport until the summer vacation, merely from the lack of opportunity for exercise afforded by our present boating...
Sutton has been moved down to No. 4 on the junior crew, in place of B. B. Thayer, who will be unable to row again this year. Baldwin will pull...
...professional trainer in the country. This proves conclusively two important facts: First, that professional coaches will not do for college oarsmen. Secondly, that the English stroke is by far the best known. Davis' idea was to put his men into a boat in haphazard style and tell them to pull just as hard as they could. No attention whatever was paid to the position of the body. Physical power was the sole object looked for. His principle was that the human system does not tire. If the men had been engines instead of human beings, Davis's principle would have...