Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last month Sargent's work has apparently not been satisfactory to Coach Wray. His rowing is short and in the last mile and a half of last evening's time row he was late in his work and the boat was practically stroked by Waid at 7. Sargent seems to have lost his life and the rhythmic beat which was so characteristic of his work last year. If the rowing tomorrow shows that Cutler is able to row a long high stroke and hold it for a long distance, the change in all probability will remain. Cutler's work last...
...last night. Throughout the course the crew rowed well together, the boat spaced out well at 32 strokes to the minute, and continued to space a few feet even when the crew was rowing 40; the men finished strong and in good condition. Lunt's rowing at 2 was short however, and both Cutlers were often feathering too high. The crew has still to acquire a harder finish and a quick catch...
This morning all the crews except the second four took a short row near the bank of the west shore where the water was calm. The afternoon's practice was of a more serious nature. The University crew rowed down to the half-mile flag below the Navy Yard in one stretch, a distance of about two and one-half miles. The crew showed much improvement over yesterday's work and appears to be slowly emerging from last week's decided slump. The men were using their shoulders to better advantage at the finish, with the result that the boat...
Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, Conn., June 15, 1909.--Today the regular routine work of the crews began, consisting of two rows a day, a short paddle in the morning and a long row in the afternoon. A special arrangement has been made by which the members of the University eight take their examinations at 12 o'clock, thus enabling them to get in their morning...
...heavy wind. At 6 o'clock this afternoon, however, the university and freshman eights went up-stream two miles. On the way back the two eights had a brush for about a mile, which the university crew won by one length. The university and freshman fours took a short two up to Horton Cove and back...