Word: splash
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Both boats kept well together at the start, but number 3 gradually got the lead and kept it throughout, increasing it towards the end, and winning by about one and one half lengths. The rowing of all the crews was very irregular, the men finding it much easier to splash water than to keep in stroke...
...shivering spectators. It took two preliminary heats and one final to decide the races. With the exception of the substitution of R. J. Carey instead of S. M. Brice, the make-up of the crews was the same as was printed in yesterday's CRIMSON. A great splash was the signal to the spectators that the first three crews were off. Crew No. 1 had the inside course and rounded the turn in the lead, winning by a length and a half, with No. 3 second. Four crews rowed in the second heat. No. 7 won by a very narrow...
...sympathizers on the grand stand, nearly went wild with joy when Ninety-four was seen to lead by a length. Both juniors and seniors now began to quicken their stroke perceptibly and the freshmen for a while showed a tendency to jab at the water, causing more or less splash, but soon recovered themselves. When the crews reached the stake boat, half way from the bridge to the Union Club, Ninety-two, Ninety-three and Ninety-five were rowing a 38 stroke, while Ninety-four kept hers at thirty...
...whole the crew may be said to have a poor finish. Although they sit up well and do not bury their boat at the finish, they are clumsy with their oars, so that they back water and splash when they take their oars out. They also fail to get a hard, vicious shove from the stretcher at the beginning and all through the stroke, and the crew is not well together. The men and approximate weights are as follows...
...tank is at best only a poor substitute for a boat of any kind. If the crew rows till the end of this month is the tank they are sure to have the faults of having a bad hang at full reach, a great splash at the catch, a great jerk at the finish, and a general feeling of helplessness. The faults of the crew at present are a lack of life, a want of stretcher work, and a hang at the full reach. To be sure the men are not trying to row hard but there is a very...