Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have been consulted, and who are prepared to express any opinion, say that a three-mile race is apt to be more injurious to the members of the crew than a four-mile race would be. The reason for this is that although the strain lasts a shorter time, it is of a much more violent nature in a three-mile, than in a four-mile race...
Regarding the three-mile rule, it may be said that for heavy men-say 175 lbs.,-the four-mile course may be less injurious than a quick stroke three miles, but for the average man of 150 lbs. the quick stroke and shorter race would be the better. In fact, this has been acknowledged by the college press when they advocate the class competitions of two miles. By the way, practically everything adopted has been favored by the students in their papers. Regarding the men engaging professional trainer outside of those authorized by the college, it may be said that...
...rules. Later in the evening the orator finally receiving the majority of votes would have been rejected by such a rule as the '84 committee propose. To prove that freedom of ballot need not work disadvantageously, I will state that '83's meeting was an hour and a half shorter than '82's, in which the shutout rule was adopted...
...right angle to the line by which it came. This effect is heightened by a quick out ward swing of the hand, caused by the small development of the os lunare. The female arm differs from the male arm, also, in that the ulna of the female is much shorter proportionately than that of the male. On this account the female cannot hold the racket on a line with the arm, but necessarily at a large angle with the arm. Accordingly when the ball is returned the action of the arm tends to knock it sideways. This peculiarity is especially...
...said that the new stroke adopted by the Yale College oarsmen differs from the old one in these particulars: The reach forward is much longer, and the body is not swung so far back of the perpendicular. The slides are shorter, and on the recover the body is drawn up slower, which, it is held, does not stop the momentum of the boat as much as the quicker slide. The hands are thrown away from the body very rapidly. The oars are pulled through the water about as quickly as last year, however. Although the motions within the boat...