Word: rest
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...scrimmage consisted of about forty rushes, with a short rest at the end of each successive ten rushes. The playing time amounted to about a fifteen minute half. The line-up of the first team was again changed, White going from the second to right guard on the first, and I wood replacing Blagden at left end. McFadon was shifted from right to left guard on the first, in place of Wilder, who was not in the line-up. During the scrimmage the second team carried the ball by straight line rushing twice the distance secured by the first. Each...
...poor and no time was taken. The blade work, however, was good and a general improvement was noticeable. The Freshman crew went out early this afternoon but owing to the rough water good work was impossible. Later the shell was nearly swamped. All the crews have benefited by the rest on Sunday and are in good condition and spirits...
...June 19.--The crews were given a complete rest today and did not go out on the river. It was stated today that a four-mile row would be taken every day during the coming week. Mr. E. C. Storrow '89, who coached the 1899, 1900, and 1901 crews, is expected to arrive tomorrow, to stay at the quarters for several days...
...spite of the rough weather all the crews had the usual morning work today except the four-oar. At 5.30 o'clock the first crew paddled to the lower end of the course against a strong wind and tide in one stretch, at a 28 stroke, and after a rest rowed back to the boathouse keeping the stroke above 29. The second crew joined them at the Navy Yard but the first crew soon gained a length rowing a 31 stroke. The four-oar paced the first crew for the last half-mile and finished well. The first crew finished...
...June 10.--On account of the hard practice of the last few days all the crews were given a rest this morning. In the afternoon the first crew rowed down to the Navy Yard and back to the quarters at a 28 stroke. The work was not as satisfactory as yesterday, lacked smoothness, and at the catch the power was applied too hard and too soon. The four-oar took a long row and is improving rapidly. A change was made in the order of the Freshman eight today. The present order is as follows...