Word: slide
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very slow on the beginning of the recover, but rushes down badly on the slide. Clips at the beginning of the stroke; feathers under water...
...starts to come back he does not get a push from the stretcher soon enough. He draws his oar up on the last part of the finish. No. 7 is rather stiff and disconnected in his motions. He is slow in starting forward, and in coming back lets his slide get ahead of his shoulders. He does not draw his hands way in to his body. No. 6 does not get any reach with his body, and is slow in starting forward. He swings back too far, and does not row his shoulders back, thus making his finish weak...
Stroke does not get his shoulders on well and hurries his recover. He swings back too far and is slow in starting forward. No. 7 swings back too far, and gets a weak finish. His slide gets ahead of his shoulders. No. 6 does not get his shoulders on at all. He overreaches and hangs on the full reach. He gets a weak finish and is slow in starting out. No. 5 does not get his shoulders on, and fails to keep time. He overreaches and does not hold his head up. When he starts to come back he wobbles...
Stroke swings back too far. On the full reach he swings down after he has slid out, letting his outside shoulder come forward. No. 7 starts fairly quickly, but he does not keep his slide under control and rushes down. He makes a break in the middle of his stroke after his legs are straight and before he pulls his hands in, so that there is no power in the middle of his stroke. No. 6 is slow in starting for ward. he lets his legs wobble, and does not sit up to his work. He hurries his finish...
...view of the recent accidents, Capt. Mumford has forbidden the candidates for the 'Varsity to coast on the toboggan slide in Brookline...