Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...decrease of this interest is directly chargeable to the captains of the several clubs, though an honorable exception is the present captain of Holyoke. There can be no doubt that, had the other captains worked as faithfully for their clubs as has Mr. LeMoyne for his, the quick interest of two years ago would still exist. Mr. LeMoyne is, moreover, occupied with his work on the University, yet manages to keep his men steadily practising; while the captains of Weld and Holworthy, who have no such conflicting duty, still find their ease too precious to be intrenched upon by anything...
Friday, Jan. 19. - Ten men present. Pull eight hundred strokes, and run one mile and a half. In trying to get their hands away from their bodies, in the recover, the men hurry the bodies forward: this makes the recover too quick. No part of the stroke is more difficult to acquire; it is one of the points in which English rowing differs from American, and is considered by Englishmen of great importance. Schwartz at present does the recover better than the rest of the men. No. 6 (W. M. Le Moyne) does not keep his back straight, "buckets," fails...
...Seligman, '76, who rowed in a lap-streak, and had the inside position, and H. G. Danforth, '77, who rowed in a shell. Seligman hugged the bank so closely after starting that he succeeded in running aground several times before the stake-boats were reached. He pulled a rather quick and strong stroke, but used his arms too much and swung his body too little, - a fault very common among men who have learned to scull in boats with sliding seats. Danforth turned first, and won easily by about thirty seconds. He pulled a long, easy stroke, and showed pretty...
...threw wild to first, giving O'Rourke his run. Manning closed the inning for the Bostons by a long fly to left field. Scorer to 3 to 3. On our side Dow reached first on an error of Schafer, but was left there, the next three strikers retiring in quick succession. The ninth and tenth innings resulted in nothing for either side...
...relative merits of eight-oared boats and six-oared. He considers the former better for the following reasons: The greater weight of the eight-oar makes the stroke longer, and although as much force may be expended in taking the stroke as in the six-oar, yet the quick motion of the body is avoided; and since this start "pumps" a man and drives the blood from the heart, it is an advantage not to be estimated too highly. Again, in a six the man pulls his stroke at a distance varying from 6 1/2 to 7 inches from...