Word: reaching
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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...
...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...
...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...
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...
...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...