Word: shortening
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew is now rowing in very good form, though they still show their old tendency to shorten the stroke. Kinnicutt at stroke, however, makes the rowing have considerably more length than did Adams. The '98 training table will probably start about the first of April, though the exact date has not been determined. Yesterday afternoon the crew met with a slight mishap, getting caught on the piles by the draw bridge and breaking a piece of 6's oar. The order of the eight has been as follows: Stroke, Kinnicutt; 7, Wadsworth; 6, Ames; 5, Fuller; 4, Marvin; 3, Barnes...
...crew as a whole are inclined to row their oars in and to hurry the recover. There is also a great tendency to shorten the stroke...
Stroke, Whitbeck, weight 164, does not row the stroke through and is ineffective after the catch; he is inclined to shorten his stroke very much and is slow on the shoot...
...Denison and Booth, the two couples who were tied for second place last year, to draw a bye to the end of the final round. Hence the winners of the tournament will have to play off with them for the championship. This step was taken because it will shorten the tournament by one round and will simplify matters in picking the pairs for the team...
...Perkins, weight 160 1bs., is a promising man, but slow starting his legs down, does not follow stroke well and is inclined to shorten badly, also feathers too high and has a tendency to jerk in the arms and slump with his shoulders...