Word: slump
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is material for a good crew but as yet they have many faults. They row too fast a stroke and their time and body work are rather ragged; there is a tendency to slump at the end of the stroke and to meet the oar, and the men are rather slow on the shoot. Nevertheless they row with a good deal of snap and they have a powerful leg drive...
...Perkins, weight 160 1bs., is a promising man, but slow starting his legs down, does not follow stroke well and is inclined to shorten badly, also feathers too high and has a tendency to jerk in the arms and slump with his shoulders...
Gleason, bow, is apt to slump at the finish...
...Jones, 170 lbs., is slow on the catch, and has a tendency to slump on the finish, drops over on the catch, and and pulls out at finish...
...Garland 153. Over-reaches though he does not slump. Unfirm finish...