Word: scull
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...decided that the expenses at Saratoga, besides railroad fares, of any one who was chosen by the club to represent the College in the single-scull race would be paid; but that beyond this nothing else would be done. There have been four men trying for the single-race championship, Le Moyne, '77, Danforth, '77, Harriman, '77, and Denton, L. S. S. In a trial race, one or two weeks ago, in which the first three pulled, Le Moyne, '77, came in first in 15 m. 22 sec.; but the race was given to Harriman, who had 45 sec. allowance...
...single-scull race there were two contestants, D. T. 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...
There is little doubt but that if the "sideshows" were abolished, greater interest would be centred on the University race. All these auxiliaries, except the Freshman and single-scull races, are foreign to the real object, of little interest in themselves, and their connection with the University race might be very fitly broken...
...possible. "Instead of complexity, there should be simplicity; there should be one sole and simple 'event,' a University boat-race between representative crews of the only two colleges in America whose names have anything more than a local significance. There should be no Freshman race, no single-scull contest, no athletic sports, no base-ball match, no regatta promenade, no glee-club concert; 'side-shows' of every name and description should be absolutely prohibited. In abandoning the unwieldy National Rowing Association, Yale and Harvard should abandon with it the whole 'tournament' theory. In place of a long-drawn 'week...
...should be carried further. The boats, with the possible exception of the sixes and fours, should be thrown into one common stock; the four separate organizations should be fused into one, and the absurd restriction should be removed which prevents a member of Matthews from rowing in a double scull with a friend from Weld. For all purposes of emulation, the clubs would then be the same as before; each club would have its captain, its two barges, and its two crews, and the cause of the present dissatisfaction among members of clubs not in any crew would be removed...