Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second crew joined them at the Navy Yard but the first crew soon gained a length rowing a 31 stroke. The four-oar paced the first crew for the last half-mile and finished well. The first crew finished at a 32 and 33 stroke in the most encouraging spurt of the season. Early this afternoon the Freshman crew rowed three miles up the river. The form of all the crews shows great improvement and the control of the slides is much better but the blade work is still weak...
...second Newell, second Weld, first Newell, first Weld. For the first few hundred yards all four crews kept well together, but gradually the second Newell gained a lead which they slowly but steadily increased, rowing at a stroke of about 30 to the minute. The second Weld, after a spurt at the start, settled down to a 26 stroke and passed the first Newell and first Weld crews before reaching the three-quarter mile mark. At this point the race began to assume the appearance of a procession, the second Newell in the lead, followed by the first and second...
...stroke of 29 to the minute, spring away and at the bridge had a lead of more than a length. At the finish the Seniors led by about four lengths. The race for second place was a close one between the Juniors and Sophomores, the former, by a final spurt, crossing the line 19 seconds after the winners; the Sophomores finished a half a length behind, and were followed 25 seconds later by the Law School crew. The time made by the Seniors was 12 minutes and 53 seconds...
...lead at the beginning of the third lap and held it until, on the fifth lap, he was passed by J. H. Hall 1G., handicapped at 60 yards. Up to within a few yards of the finish Hall was slightly in the lead, but Bollard passed him with a spurt just before he crossed the line...
...University crew showed much better form than they have so far on the Thames, the prevalent hitch between strokes being hardly noticeable. For the first two miles of the time row the Freshman eight rowed with the University crew and kept about even with them except for a spurt at the finish, which put them slightly in the lead. While with the freshmen, the University crew, rowing about 30 strokes to the minute, showed a tendency to shorten the stroke, and many individual faults were emphasized. For the other two miles the men were a little more settled and rowed...