Word: straightening
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...Marquand, W. G. Rantoul, J. Endicott, G. Perry (anchor); '90 by R. Jones, C. L. Crehore, J. P. Hutchinson, A. Amory (anchor). Mr. Morrison, '83, started the teams after the usual number of futile efforts; '90 won the drop by two inches. '89 worked hard and Perry struggled to straighten out his knees; nevertheless '90 had two and a half inches at the end of two minutes. Amory only came down once, and that time he got a couple more inches; '89 mean while was fighting for all it was worth; Perry was not only sandy, he was foxy...
...Doesn't get a good seat. Hangs at full reach and overreaches. Must keep shoulders down and back. Doesn't straighten arms. Must keep head up and wrists straight. Must sit higher...
During the tug-of-war on Saturday, one of the rope men of the '86 team was heard angrily to cry out to the anchor of that team "Why don't you straighten out your legs...
...boat is pushed off and paddled by one or two oars a short way up stream. For a minute or two the crew rest at ease, then they straighten up and sit for an instant as rigid and still as so many marble statues. "Ready!" says the coxswain; the eight backs reach out. "Go!" Up come the heads together, and away they go up the river, around the bend with a long swinging stroke, the crimson blades flash in the sunlight as they dip the water, and the regular "swash, swash," of the stroke floats down the river...