Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...were noticeable. Metcalf at 3 did not bury his blade enough in the water, Withington at 4 failed to use his shoulders to the best advantage on the swing, and Waid was ahead of Cutler on the first part of the recovery. Coach Wray warned the men not to pull hard, as the eight has had heavy work this week and a hard time trial is due on Saturday...
...excellent chance of winning from Yale if thirty new men of any ability whatsoever will work faithfully for the team from now on. Out of a class of approximately 700 men there ought to be at least thirty who are willing to try their best to help pull the class out of the condition it is now in. C. C. LITTLE '10. H. P. LAWLESS...
...third crew was given a start of about a length and a half over the second and for the first twenty or thirty strokes neither was able to gain. When, however, the crews lowered their strokes for the steady pull to Harvard Bridge, the second gained rapidly. A series of tens brought the second steadily ahead until at the finish at Longwood Bridge it was four lengths of open water ahead of the third crew. Neither eight displayed very good watermanship, but both rowed a hard race. The third lacked the power on the finish and the control over...