Word: slides
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...varsity crew start today for New London at one o'clock. It may be criticised as follows: J. C. Powers '92, stroke, weight 165, does not start his slide quickly enough on the recover, and hurries his arms on the last part of the stroke. He is regular, and rows hars. No. 7, Kelton, weight 193, is somewhat clumsy with his oar, and on the stroke starts his slide too quickly. He is strong and is to be relied on to do hard work. No. 6, D. R. Vail '93, weight 180, follows No. 7 well in the stroke...
...much still remains to be done before it goes to New London. Stroke rows very smoothly but is apt to be slow in getting his arms straight on the recover. 7 starts his body too fast on the recover, is apt to drop at the full reach, start his slide too soon on the stroke and not handle his oar clearly. 6 lifts the boat in the stroke, rows short and feathers very awkwardly. He rows smoothly and improves in some of his work. 5 is apt to be very unsteady. He feathers under water, pulls his arms...
Stroke rows smoothly and uses his legs well, but needs to apply more vigor at both ends of the stroke, and slow his slide a little; 7 rows very roughly, meeting his oar and finishing badly; 6, shoves out, does not control his slide, lifts the boat and does not feather; 5 swings in a circle, does not control his slide, is slow and weak at the catch, jerks his arms into his body, slow in getting his arms away and is ineffective in making the boat go ahead; 4 is apt to lose control of his slide...
...some time during almost every game of base ball a slide to the plate becomes a necessity, and it is idle to say that it "is not to be thought of;" it must be made, and yesterday a candidate for one of the class nines found this out, very much to his cost, He was trying to make home on a short infield hit, and to do so a slide was absolutely necessary. He made the slide and scored the run, but in doing so his left foot struck the side of the wooden post which serves as a plate...
...pretty hit on which he might have perfectly well come home, but he kept turning around to look at the ball, and was thrown out at third. In the seventh inning in trying to make two bases Cobb's sacrifice, he was caught at the plate on a poor slide. In the same inning Bates was caught at second, when he had plenty of time to get back to the base...