Word: slides
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Wheelwright, uses his slide poorly; is very short on the finish and is careless...
...word was given at three minutes past six. '94 got the best of the start, but '96 was rapidly gaining and would have passed them in a few more strokes when they were called back by the referee's whistle. No. 7 in the junior boat had jumped his slide and a fresh start was taken. This time the three crews shot out as one boat, and remained together to the quarter mile mark. Here '95 dropped the stroke to 30 per minute, while '94 and '96 kept steadily at it, the first rowing 36 and the latter 34 strokes...
...freshmen partially retrieved Wednesday's defeat yesterday afternoon by beating the Boston Latin School nine, 11 to 4. Most of the men played in a listless way and showed no snap whatever. In base running the freshmen were especially poor. They seemed to be afraid to slide to bases and lost several runs by their slowness...
...general fault of the crew seems to be a tendency to rush the slide and jerk the arms. The men will go into the shell in a day or two and during the vacation will row in the morning and afternoon. Mayor Bancroft and Nelson Perkins coached on Saturday and the men rowed as follows: Stroke, Fennessy; No. 7, Blake; No. 6, L. Davis (capt.); No. 5, Waters; No. 4, Bullard; No. 3, Townsend; No. 2, F. Davis; bow, Purdon...
No.6 kicks out his slide and is slow on the catch. Time is poor but is otherwise fair...