Word: slow
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Wadsworth at quarter on the first played a better game than Beale and Borden. His chief fault is that he is slow in getting the ball in play...
...Winslow injured his finger again in the Princeton game, Buckman was tried at third, and did fairly well for the first time. His throwing is good, but he is slow at starting after a grounder. Adams will not be able to play again this year, as he has not yet left...
...place either Lewis, Chatman, or Damon at bow. The 'varsity has begun taking regular four-mile time rows over the course on the Charles which begins at the Weld Boat House and ends at the Craigie Bridge. The time rows over the course were at a slow stroke, not higher possibly than 32 to the minute, and the time, therefore, could not have been extraordinary...
...only rowed in the boat a few times before, and although he pulled strongly, his stroke was quite different from the rest of the crew. Davis, at stroke, also showed a lack of training. Both the other crews rowed in excellent form, the juniors being especially good. Their long slow stroke proved very effective...
...race well in hand, and finished two lengths before the '97 boat, which was directly in their wake. Many of the spectators near the finish line could not tell which crew had won second place, but the judges decided in favor of '97 by half a length. The slow time of 11m. 43s. was caused by the rough water...