Word: slides
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...poor man is "grinding" in his room, suddenly he hears the step of "Billy" in the hall. The letter-slide clicks and in come two or three letters, one in particular, with a nice envelope, sealed, and addressed in a fine feminine hand. It naturally is opened first. Fine tinted cards drop out, and a note is enclosed, engraved on a superior quality of paper...
They have discarded the old Harvard swing and adopted a stroke closely resembling that used by professionals, which consists of a shorter body-swing, a longer slide and a quick recover. The advantage claimed for this stroke is that, with it, more power can be exerted, as legs, back, and arms are used simultaneously. Although Yale abandoned a similar stroke after last year's defeat, the seniors feel confident that for a two-mile race it can be made a success. It must be admitted that they propel their boat through the water at a rate, which would...
...Yale university crew have had their seats connected with a long iron bar, so as to cause a uniform slide. [News...
...magnificent try to run in and passed over the side line only a few feet from touch-in-goal. The ball was brought out as if for try-at-goal, when suddenly to the surprise of every spectator and unbounded delight of Harvard's supporters, Codman appeared to slide easily through Yale's rush line, carrying the ball behind her goal. Things began to look brighter for the crimson, but from the try-for-goal Cowling kiched the ball squarely against one of the poles, losing the hoped-for score. On the rebound, however, Bonsal was on the ball...
...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...