Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Higginson, weight 164, rows out. Gets his oar too high off the water on the full reach...
...first two rounds weeded out all the men but Green, Palfrey, and A. B. Lapsley '99. Each of these men then fenced about with each of the other two, to reach the final decision...
...training the Yale crew this year Bob Cook will adopt a longer body swing and reach, and will use the narrower English oar, but will not adopt the English seats or rigging. The training will aim wat atermanship and a clean, hard catch and drive...
...tank yesterday afternoon, the first crew rowing in the following order: Stroke, Byrd; 7, Clark, 6, Glidden, 5, Heath; 4, Swain; 3, Biddle; 2, Brown; bow, Saltonstall. The crew as a whole lacks control of its slides and has also a tendency to hang at the full reach. The watermanship is good. More particular faults are a tendency in Byrd to break his arms at the catch. Swain at 4 pulls round and is slow about getting his oar away at the finish...
...crew rowed in the tank yesterday afternoon. Their work showed the same general tendencies as formerly, the inclination to hang at the full reach being still marked...