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Word: reaching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Rows rather short. Slumps badly at the finish; drops out at the full reach. Should use his legs equally. Is apt to over reach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The '87 Crew. | 4/27/1886 | See Source »

...Clips badly at the beginning of the stroke. Slumps at full reach and finish. Should row his elbows right by his side, and not pull down into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The '87 Crew. | 4/27/1886 | See Source »

...Princeton and other opponents is to be won. Especially the nines at Yale and Princeton have, by their recent scores, proved themselves remarkably strong. Neither of them will be defeated easily. That is their determination, if we may judge from the reports of constant and close work that reach us. Let us hope that Harvard also will see that she too is not defeated easily, if defeated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/27/1886 | See Source »

Stroke. Hangs at the full reach and also at the finish. Drops his body at the full reach. Fails to keep a good hold with his outside hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The '87 Crew. | 4/27/1886 | See Source »

...Doesn't face his oar soon enough on the recover, which causes a hang on the full reach. Doesn't row his shoulders back. Keeps bad time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The '87 Crew. | 4/27/1886 | See Source »

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